According to the cognitive-mediational model, if others tell you that your psychology class will be fun and interesting, once in the class you are likely to feel ____
a. ?less positive emotions about the class
b. ?more positive emotions about the class
c. ?the same about the class as you otherwise would have
d. ?the same about the class as you otherwise would have, but experience more physiological arousal when in the class
ANSWER:
b
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Truly moral individuals
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The tip-of-the-pen phenomenon refers to:
a. when tip-of-the-tongue states occur in sign language. b. when Chinese writers know how to say a word, but do not know how to write the character. c. when Japanese speakers cannot say a word that emanates from a foreign language. d. when deaf individuals cannot remember the English word that means the same thing as a sign in American Sign Language.
Inhibition of the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase would likely…
a. decrease levels of 2-arachidonoylglycerol. b. increase levels of 2-arachidonoylglycerol. c. decrease levels of anandamide. d. increase levels of anandamide.