After participating in an experiment on the effects of alcohol on sociability, Megan could not wait to return to her sorority house to tell all of her sisters about it. In this situation, the researcher should be concerned with the confound of
a. mortality
b. regression to the mean.
c. testing.
d. diffusion of treatment.
d
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Which of the following is an important consideration in distinguishing clinical depression from normal sadness?
a. In clinical depression the mood change always occurs in the absence of any precipitating event. b. A clinically depressed mood is often accompanied by an enhanced ability to function in usual social situations. c. Engaging in pleasant activities may temporarily lift a clinically depressed mood. d. A clinical mood change is usually accompanied by a cluster of additional signs and symptoms.
Alice, who is in grade 10, is walking home from school. Jim, one of the "cool" 12th graders, approaches her and asks to walk with her. All of a sudden, she experiences a feeling of excitement and, at the exact same time, she notices that her heart is pounding. This sequence of events is MOST consistent with which theory of emotion?
A) Cannon–Bard B) Skinner–Watson C) James–Lange D) LeDoux–Freud
Can adult brains grow new brain cells?
A) no, not in anybrain areas B)yes, but onlycertain kinds of cells C)yes, but onlyin old age D)yes, all kinds of neurons
Speisman's 1964 study using a film on circumcision rites practiced by an aboriginal tribe showed that
a. judgment of the event affects emotion. b. emotion affects arousal. c. labeling arousal causes one's emotion. d. arousal precedes emotion