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74.According to activation-synthesis theory,
(A) the brain counteracts a strong positive emo-
tion by evoking a negative emotion
(B) dreams result from the mind’s attempt to
make sense of random neural activity from
the brainstem
(C) happiness depends on comparing one’s pres-
ent circumstances with one’s past circum-
stances
(D) particular facial expressions induce particu-
lar emotional experiences
(E) hypnosis induces a dissociated state of con-
sciousness75.According to the opponent process theory of
emotions,
(A) red emotions are followed by green emotions
(B) happiness and unhappiness combine to keep
someone relatively stable over a lifetime
(C) repetitions of an emotion-arousing event
strengthen the opposing emotion
(D) opposing emotions after a primary emotion
are always weaker than the primary one
(E) judgments of emotions are relative to a neu-
tral level defined by prior experience
76.After dealing kindly with several customers who
acted very rudely toward her, the clerk was impa-
tient with her next customer. The tendency of
that customer to think that the clerk is a very
impatient person rather than just having a bad
day exemplifies
(A) stereotyping
(B) the fundamental attribution error
(C) the mere exposure effect
(D) the reciprocity norm
(E) groupthink
77.Abnormal behavior can be defined as maladap-
tive behavior according to
(A) biologists
(B) behaviorists
(C) psychoanalysts
(D) humanists
(E) cognitivists
78.Use of brainstorming to solve a problem best
encourages which of the following?
(A) divergent thinking
(B) convergent thinking
(C) deductive reasoning
(D) groupthink
(E) conformity
79.According to trait theorists, such as Hans
Eysenck, the basis for personality is
(A) conflicting sources of psychic energy
(B) the distinctive human ability to act purpose-
fully and to shape our own destiny
(C) the interactions between thought and the
environment, which influence behavior
(D) stable sources of individual differences
that characterize an individual, based on an
interaction of nature and nurture
(E) evolutionary adaptation
80.In response to a column printed in newspapers
throughout the United States, an advice colum-
nist received over 28,000 responses. Over 75%
of respondents said that if they had it to do over
again, they would not have children. The colum-
nist concludes that most parents are sorry that
they had children. For which of the following
reasons is her conclusion not valid?
(A) Her participants were not randomly assigned
in her study.
(B) The number of respondents from across the
country was too small.
(C) The study was not replicated.
(D) Her sample may not have been representa-
tive of the population.
(E) The study should have been a double-blind
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