Schachter and Singer's cognitive theory states that physiological arousal:
A. causes particular emotions to be experienced
B. results from the movements of facial muscles
C. creates the need for an explanation
D. cannot be cognitively appraised
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. Most researchers currently agree that cohesion refers to attraction to the group, not attraction to individual members. b. Increases in attraction to the group as a whole increases a group’s cohesion, but increases to specific individuals in the group lowers a group’s cohesion. c. Social cohesion is multileveled: it includes attraction to individuals and attraction to the group as a whole. d. Only relatively small groups (fewer than 50 members) can develop the strength of association among members to become cohesive.
Carl Jung and Alfred Adler were critical of Freud's:
a. emphasis on unconscious processes b. reluctance to recognize the role of biological drives c. use of hypnosis d. emphasis on sexuality
When the response produces a reinforcer after a constant number of responses, the
schedule of reinforcement is referred to as a. fixed-ratio. b. fixed-interval. c. variable-ratio. d. variable-interval. e. constant.
As one example, anxiety might serve a useful purpose in keeping us
a. away from a grizzly bear we encounter in the woods b. from accepting a job whose office is on the 50th floor of a building c. from getting on a plane d. from meeting a new group of people when coming to college