Which statement best characterizes the James-Lange theory of emotion?
A. Feeling happy causes you to laugh.
B. Your frontal lobe causes you to feel happy; your motor cortex causes you to laugh.
C. Laughing at an event precedes the feeling of happiness.
D. Feeling happy is the species-typical emotion elicited by laughter.
Answer: C
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a. No, infants who are "short-lookers" tend to have higher IQ and educational achievement later. b. No, infants who are "short-lookers" tend to have higher IQ, but usually do not apply it. c. Yes, infants who are "short-lookers" have lower IQ and educational achievement later. d. Yes, infants who are "short-lookers" have lower IQ, but were better at applying themselves.
Rose has a personality type that is a combination of high neuroticism and high social inhibition. Which one is it?
a. Type D b. Type A c. Type T d. Type N
One of the implications of corollary discharge theory is that ______.
A. all motion perception is apparent, not real B. Reichardt detectors make theoretical sense but are not employed in real neurons C. we use the fact that we are moving our eyes and heads as a means to detect motion in the world D. when we detect motion in afterimages, we tend to also see fluctuating colors
A transient ischemic attack involves the
a. temporary loss of neural function brought on by blood clots in the brain. b. permanent cell death induced by loss of blood flow through the brain. c. fits of rage associated with temporal lobe epilepsy. d. alteration of neural function due to a burst blood vessel in the brain. e. loss of brain function during hypothermia.