What do measurements of the sympathetic nervous system tell us about emotion?
a. The measurements indicate whether someone is frightened or angry
b. The measurements indicate the intensity of emotional feeling.
c. The measurements indicate the thoughts or interpretations behind an emotion.
d. The measurements indicate the pleasantness of the emotional feeling.
b
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Knowledgeable and unbiased observers have generally noted, and studies have reliably shown, that psychotherapy is better than no treatment at all for a person who is seriously depressed. My study failed to find a difference. From this I can conclude that
a. psychotherapy really is not effective. b. my study must have been poorly done. c. my study may have lacked sufficient power to find a difference. d. other psychologists don't know what they are talking about.
Suppose that you see a male student on your campus who is wearing a suit and a tie. You conclude, "He must be a business major; he couldn't be a psychology major." However, your college has twice as many psychology majors as business majors
Your decision is apparently guided by a. confirmation bias. b. the representativeness heuristic. c. my-side bias. d. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
In times of stress, a person is likely to use mental sets when solving a problem. A mental set is
A. thinking of objects only for their intended use. B. a well-learned but not always efficient approach to a problem. C. a recurring intrusion of thoughts about the stressful event. D. dwelling on potential negative outcomes.
Cairn has been working three jobs for almost five months now in an attempt to scrape together the money to pay the tax debt on the family farm
Although his arousal levels are not nearly as high as the first month or so after he found he had a year to pay the debt or lose the farm, he is still running on overdrive to maintain his hectic schedule. Cairn is in the __________ phase of the general adaptation syndrome. a) resistance b) alarm c) exhaustion d) regression