Jessi decides to take caffeine pills to stay on top of all of her homework, her job, and her extracurricular activities. According to arousal theory, the resulting overstimulation may be problematic for Jessi because ____.?
a. she will experience a drive reduction
b. her subjective well-being will diminish
c. people tend to perform best when arousal is moderate
d. ?the pills are acting as an intervening variable
Answer: c. people tend to perform best when arousal is moderate
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a. it led to a focus on treating men b. it led to a rapid expansion of clinical psychology c. it helped lead to a focus on individual treatment d. all of the above
Psychologists are especially interested in neurotransmitters that belong to the class of substances called catecholamines because research suggests that these substances play a major role in
a. long-term memory. b. mood disturbances and schizophrenia. c. drug addiction. d. pain.
You just finished a cup of very strong coffee at a café, which causes your body to have a general feeling of sustained arousal. As you leave the café, you walk past a cemetery where several people are crying at a graveside. According to Schachter and Singer, which of the following would most likely occur?
A. You would feel an emotion of happiness despite the scene at the graveside. B. You would work very hard to control your emotion. C. You would feel an emotion of sadness because the context would affect your labeling. D. Your emotional state would be impossible to predict.
In terms of identity formation, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Friends often provide a safe context for exploring identity-related experiences. B. There is no connection between identity formation and romantic relationships. C. The greater the number of friends, the easier it is to form an identity. D. The quality and attachment of a romantic relationship does not seem to impact identity formation.