According to evolutionary theories of emotion,
a. the experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and your cognitive interpretation of that arousal.
b. different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions.
c. emotions occur when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system.
d. emotions developed because of their adaptive value.
D
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Regarding research on pubertal timing, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Both boys and girls seem to benefit from early maturation. b. Both girls and boys seem to benefit from late maturation. c. Boys tend to benefit from early maturation, while girls tend to benefit from late maturation. d. Girls tend to benefit from early maturation, while boys tend to benefit from late maturation. e. Neither boys nor girls benefit from early maturation.
On his job as a police officer, Guermo is faced with many stressors that he cannot control. His best strategy for dealing with these uncontrollable stressors is to use
a. emotion-focused coping. b. problem-focused coping. c. rationalization. d. reaction formation.
Cancer patients experiencing nausea from chemotherapy often develop taste aversions to the foods they had eaten earlier. Based on the research of Garcia and colleagues, researchers developed a technique for minimizing this negative effect; it involved giving a patient unusual foods, such as coconut or root-beer-flavoured candy, at the end of their last meal before undergoing treatment. Such a
procedure attempts to establish the taste of the candy as a(n): A) unconditioned positive stimulus. B) conditioned stimulus triggering a pleasant gustatory reaction to chemotherapy. C) conditioned response to chemotherapy. D) conditioned stimulus triggering nausea.