Define emotion.
What will be an ideal response?
Emotion is a feeling, or affect, that occurs when a person is in a state or an interaction that is important to him/her, especially to his or her well-being.
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Research on child sexual abuse shows that
a. it seldom has long-lasting effects on adjustment, because most victims don't remember the abuse. b. it seldom affects the physical health of adult women. c. although it often has immediate psychological consequences, long-term psychological consequences are relatively rare. d. victims suffer a number of psychological consequences, both immediate and long term.
Research has consistently demonstrated that when it comes to perceptions of the self, people have a tendency to
a. underestimate their intellectual and social abilities. b. rate negative traits as more self-descriptive than positive ones. c. exaggerate their control over life events. d. rate themselves less positively than others rate them.
Mala was a survivor of the typhoon in the Philippines. Six months after the typhoon, she begins to experience flashbacks of the storm itself, has nightmares about the days following the storm when food and water were unavailable, and other symptoms. Mala likely has
a. posttraumatic stress disorder, immediate expression. b. acute stress disorder, immediate expression. c. posttraumatic stress disorder, delayed expression. d. acute stress disorder, delayed expression.
The graph that shows a correlation is called a _____
a. simple bar graph c. scatter plot b. clustered bar graph d. histogram