Summarize the components of an emotion.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but should include: an emotion is characterized by physical sensations, such as sweaty palms or a rapid heartbeat, and a conscious, subjective feeling, such as fear. Emotions have valence or an overall positive or negative quality.

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A) 6 weeks; 6 months B) 4 months; 6 months C) 6 months; 1 year D) 1 year; 2 years

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A person who shows psychotic depression that involves mood-congruent thinking

a. is diagnosed as having "double depression." b. usually responds rapidly to anti-depressant medications. c. rarely shows the symptoms of melancholia. d. has a poorer prognosis than others with major depression.

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Which of the following pairs of disorders have been shown on the basis

of autopsy results to share similar characteristic brain damage? a) Tay-Sachs disease and autism b) Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease c) Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease d) Korsakoff's syndrome and Parkinson's disease

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The first step in the decision-making perspective is ________

FIll in the blank with correct word.

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