What is the name of the cultural syndrome that involves a period of sudden rage and, in some cases, homicidal aggression?
a) taijin-kyofu-sho
b) ghost sickness
c) amok
d) susto
ANS: C
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a. before the start of the growth spurt. b. at about the midpoint of the growth spurt. c. at age 19. d. at the same time in all boys.
Who would be the happiest, based on research summarized in Module 16?
A. Alyssa, a three-year-old female B. Kurt, a 7-year-old male C. Gary, a 75-year-old male D. Fran, a 73-year-old female
Which of the following students best summarizes the information about visual cues and speech perception?
a. Dawan: "Adults who have normal hearing often fail to appreciate the visual cues, even though these cues are helpful." b. Cheryl: "Surprisingly, adults can perceive speech just as accurately without visual cues as they can with visual cues." c. Ralph: "Adults cannot distinguish among the visual cues associated with the phonemes, so they do not link these cues with the auditory stimuli." d. Tiffany: "Although children pay attention to these visual cues, adults do not."
Which of the following is a revision in Schachter and Singer's cognitive theory?
A. a stimulus causes physiological arousal B. physiological arousal creates the need for some kind of explanation C. an individual's appraisal of the situational cues results in the experience of an emotion D. emotions may occur without any thought or awareness