Antonia is a deeply religious woman, and attends church several times a week. According to terror management theory, why does Antonia engage in religious activities?
A. to distract from her impending death
B. to form social connections with other believers
C. to protect herself from supernatural attack
D. to reduce her clinical anxiety symptoms
Answer: A
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James and Lange argued that physiological arousal is the result of emotional experiences.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of these is a type of reliability?
a. test–retest b. predictive c. face d. convergent
_____ results when a person is no longer able to form new, long-term memories; _____ occurs when an individual experiences a loss of memory for occurrences prior to a loss of consciousness
a) Proactive interference; retroactive interference
b) Anterograde amnesia; retrograde amnesia
c) Retroactive interference; proactive interference
d) Proactive amnesia; retroactive amnesia
Samantha was concentrating on a report that was due that day. Her phone beeped, which distracted her, and she began checking her social networking site. In the meantime, her colleague came up to her to ask her to join for a coffee break. Samantha readily agreed. When Samantha returns to her desk, which of the following is most likely to occur?
A. She would not remember what she had been working on. B. Her memory would be improved for the task at hand. C. She will tend to work slow and with sustained attention. D. Her stress level would be low as she had a break from work.