According to Ekman's research on facial expressions ________
a. when people try to hide their feelings with an inauthentic expression, they use different groups of muscles than they do for authentic emotions.
b. authentic smiles last ten seconds or more, whereas false smiles last only about two seconds.
c. when trying to feign sadness, only about 60 percent of people manage to get the eyebrows, eyelids, and forehead wrinkle exactly right.
d. there is little support for Darwin's evolutionary theory that certain human facial expressions are innate.
Answer: a
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Which statement best summarizes Diamond's conclusions regarding the attachment drive, the sex drive, and love?
a. These three phenomena all appear to come from the same core drive. b. The attachment drive and the sex drive appear to be somewhat separate drives, and love seems to be based on the former. c. The attachment drive and the sex drive appear to be somewhat separate drives, and love seems to be based on the latter. d. While the attachment drive is critically important during infancy and childhood, it is replaced in importance by the sex drive during puberty and adulthood; love may grow out of either drive.
Professor Lam is talking to her class about psychological disorders. She states that abnormal functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is known to be associated with
A. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). B. schizophrenia. C. anxiety disorders. D. antisocial personality disorder (ASPD).
Experiment showing the effects of group pressure on conformity were conducted by ________.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Throughout recorded history, people of many cultures associated insanity with demonic possession. 2. Pre-frontal lobotomies are still used to treat mild depression. 3. Antipsychotic drugs improve approximately 70% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. 4. Transference seldom occurs in psychoanalysis. 5. Humanistic therapy is a type of cognitive therapy.