Which situation is likely to be due to schema-driven affect?
a. I like my classmate because she is a Democrat and I like Democrats.
b. I am angry with my mother because she insulted me.
c. I feel upset when my professor gives me a D because a D is a bad grade.
d. I laugh at my friend's joke because everyone else in the room is laughing.
Answer: A
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a. pleasure c. disgust b. guilt d. anxiety
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a. compensation. b. isolation. c. intellectualization. d. identification.
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A. representativeness B. availability C. anchoring D. regression
Dr. Downer is interested in studying the genetic influences of depression. If he decides to examine pairs of twins to test his hypothesis, he will be interested in the
a) duplicity rate. b) prevalence rate. c) heritability factor. d) concordance rate.