Cognitive psychologists believe that people whose threat schemas contain a high proportion of "what-if" questions
a. are more likely to suffer from a conviction that they will fail.
b. usually experience depression along with anxiety.
c. experience a dramatic increase in negative affect.
d. are able to avoid the experience of anxiety by suppressing their anxious thoughts.
Answer: c.
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a. Texture gradient b. Linear perspective c. Motion parallax d. Visual expansion
According to Sigmund Freud, dreams reflect
a. memories of the past day. c. meaningless brain activity. b. conscious psychological problems. d. unconscious wishes and urges
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a) conscientious. b) defensive c) extraverted. d) intelligent.
Erica saw her old boyfriend and her heart began to race. According to the two-factor theory, is she happy to see him or frightened of him?
a. She is frightened because her emotional reaction came before her heart began to race. b. You cannot tell because she is not displaying a basic emotion. c. It depends on how she interprets the situation. d. She must be frightened because her heart began to race before she reacted emotionally. e. She must be experiencing happiness because her sympathetic nervous system is active, and that system only activates for positive emotions.