What is emotion? Give one example each for positive and negative emotions.

What will be an ideal response?


Students' answers may vary.
Emotion is defined as a feeling, or affect, that occurs when a person is in a state or an interaction that is important to him or her, especially to his or her well-being. Positive emotion: enthusiasm 
 Negative emotion: anxiety 

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a. speaking. b. synthesizing information from multiple sources. c. reading. d. forming scientific hypotheses.

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A knowledge of inferential statistics in Appendix 1 of Psychology: A Journey, 5th Edition as well as independent and dependent variables in Chapter 1 will help students to

a. utilize intuitive thinking in their chosen career. b. perceive the world through a more subjective perspective. c. develop their experiential cognition and make better decisions when on the job. d. be more literate consumers of primary literature in their chosen career.

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A) ?6 B) ?6.5 C) ?7 D) ?8

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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