Psychologists have debated whether or not humans have "basic emotions" and, if so, what constitutes a basic emotion? What evidence do people most often cite as support for the idea of basic emotions?

What will be an ideal response?


When people are shown photographs of facial expressions for happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, and surprise, most people in cultures throughout the world accurately pair the expressions with the names of those emotions.

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The spontaneous understanding of a phenomenon is called ____

a. ?problem solving b. ?Einsicht c. ?Einfall d. ?über-Ich e. ?Seele

Psychology

How does secondary enhancement enable people to maximize their pleasures?

A. by pointing out their strengths and limitations B. by building on their preexisting positive mental health C. by building on their social support systems D. by building on their previous physical health

Psychology

A new robot is able to examine a photograph of a crowd and pick out a figure wearing a wool cap in exactly 200 milliseconds. The time it takes to do this is always the same, whether there are 10 or 1,000 people in the crowd. The robot must be using __________ processing.

A. attentional B. parallel C. serial D. connectionist

Psychology

A researcher stops people at the mall and asks them questions about their attitudes toward gun control. Which research technique is being used?

A. survey B. experiment C. case study D. naturalistic observation

Psychology