What is cognitive appraisal?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The subjective interpretation made by an individual to stimuli in the environment; it is a component in a variety of theories relating to stress, mental health, coping, and emotion
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The behaviors that are seen in hypnotized subjects are also seen in subjects not hypnotized. This supports the ____ theory of hypnosis.
A. altered-state B. trance state C. sociocognitive D. Freudian
Travis is in Piaget's concrete operations stage of development. Accordingly, Travis has recently learned to
A. understand, create, and use symbols that represent things that are not present. B. take in new information about objects by using existing schemas. C. understand conservation, add, subtract, and measure. D. engage in hypothetical thinking and abstract reasoning.
Byron is on trial for robbing a bank. The judge issues a limiting instruction so that information regarding the defendant's prior record can be used to gauge the defendant's credibility. Byron takes the stand during the trial and the prosecutor asks him about a previous conviction for a robbery committed 15 years ago. How might the jurors react to this information?
A. The limiting instruction is likely to be effective. B. Byron is likely to be acquitted. C. Byron is likely to be convicted. D. It is likely to divide the jurors with females more likely to listen to the limiting instruction.
Which method of cell reproduction allows for more genetic "variability?"
a. cloning c. cross-fertilization b. meiosis d. mitosis