When Professor Simon acquired a spacious new office, he was overjoyed. Six months later, however, he was taking the office for granted. His behavior illustrates the
A) relative deprivation principle.
B) adaptation-level phenomenon.
C) two-factor theory.
D) optimum arousal principle.
Answer: B) adaptation-level phenomenon.
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a. will not be exposed to harmful or dangerous treatments. b. will not be exposed to deception. c. have to commit to participating in the entire research study. d. do not have the right to privacy.
The concept of emotional intelligence has to do with one's ability ____
a. to perceive, access, and understand others' emotions b. to perceive, access and generate, understand, and help regulate emotion others' emotions c. to perceive, access and generate, understand, and regulate emotions one's own emotions d. to perceive, access and generate, understand, and reflectively regulate one's own and other's emotions
Staring too long at one colour fatigues the cones that respond to that colour, producing a form of sensory adaptation and resulting in:
A) visual form agnosia. B) trichromatic colour representation. C) colour afterimage. D) colour mixing.
__________ is an intense fear of social situations.
A. Agoraphobia B. Somniphobia C. Social phobia D. Personal phobia