After night class, you are walking back to your car when you catch a glimpse of someone running up behind you. You quickly turn and brace for a possible attack,
but the students runs on by. It is only after you reacted to the possible attack that you realized that you felt afraid. Reacting before experiencing the feeling of fear is BEST explained by which theory of emotion?
a. the James-Lange theory
b. the common sense theory
c. Schachter's cognitive theory
d. the Cannon-Bard theory
ANSWER: a
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a. The rapid growth of the movement ratio in the first few trials of Stage 1 (acquisition) b. Values of the movement ratio in excess of 0.5 during Stage 1 c. The much larger movement ratio for the tone than for the light in Stage 2 (extinction) d. The much larger movement ratio for the light than for the tone in Stage 2
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a. wavelength; hue b. intensity; wavelength c. purity; hue d. intensity; purity e. purity; intensity
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
False eyewitness testimony usually happens when the eyewitness is intentionally lying.