When asked to predict their emotional reaction to being paralyzed in a car accident, most people know that they would be upset, but tend to overestimate for how long they would be upset. Research suggests that this error may occur because ____
a. when imagining this, people focus too much attention on the possible paralysis, and do not consider other (happy) events that will happen in their lives
b. bad is stronger than good
c. of the affect-as-information effect
d. people do not take catharsis into account
A
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Resolution of an identity search can be achieved only after ______.
A. confusion, which involves withdrawal from the world B. an individual has explored a range of possibilities C. experiencing the identity foreclosed status D. independence from parents has been achieved
In Kohlberg's view, people move from one stage of moral development to the next because
A) others confront them with arguments that are more morally adequate than their own. B) they receive systematic instruction in moral rules and beliefs. C) they want to fit in with peers who are more morally mature. D) being at a lower moral stage arouses feelings of guilt.
According to Stanley Schachter, the emotions we feel are affected by
a. perceptions, attitudes, judgment, and experience. b. hypothalamic and thalamic activity. c. the feedback we receive from our facial expressions. d. the suppression of the arousal felt.
When Eva was a child, Eva's mother left her alone quite often and did not feed her regularly. According to object relations theory, Eva might:
A. have difficulty learning to trust other people later in life. B. become a poor mother. C. become an overly cautious mother. D. search for acceptance later in life.