In the opening of this chapter, two men's reactions to spam e-mail were described. The fact that neither of the men was able to shrug off their annoyance to the spam illustrates the fact that ____
a. emotion is largely consciously controlled
b. emotion is largely outside conscious awareness
c. emotion is a positive coping skill
d. emotion is a negative coping skill
B
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One biological factor that has been related to individuals who experience insomnia is a. Lower body temperature. b. higher body temperature. c. low body weight
d. percentage of body fat.
When compared with socioeconomically similar monolinguals, bilingual children
a. fail to achieve normal fluency in either language. b. achieve normal levels of fluency and also gain some cognitive advantages. c. begin a slow but inevitable decline into retardation. d. suffer no cognitive deficits, but language learning is slower.
Which theorist would agree that language is another behavior that can be acquired according to the same rules that govern the learning of many other behaviors?
a) Ivan Pavlov b) Noam Chomsky c) B. F. Skinner d) Benjamin Whorf
Sigmund can make anyone feel better. He has a knack for knowing how his friends feel and saying just the right thing. Howard Gardner would probably say that Sigmund has a great deal of what type of intelligence?
A) Naturalistic B) Interpersonal C) Spatial D) Linguistic