Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

(b) An emotion is, at the physiological level, a disruption in baselines. Answers: (a) Exit; motion; (b) homeostatic. It is evid ...

There are three aspects to all emotions: (1) cognitive, (2) physiological, and (3) behavioral. The cognitive aspect of emotionsr ...

would be increased arousal. Under the condition of running away from the bear, the act of running intensifies fear by increasing ...

a big city. His pulse increases, his mouth feels dry, his muscles increase their ten- sion. All of this is involuntary. He is ex ...

developed a set of observations about the organism’s behavior under such condi- tions. This set of observations is called the ge ...

they developed a measuring device called the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS).The scale, based on the perceptions of subj ...

(1) the approach-approach conflict, (2) the avoidance-avoidance conflict, (3) the approach-avoidance conflict, and (4) the doubl ...

An approach-avoidance conflictexists when an individual perceives the same goal in both positive and negative terms. Glen is in ...

the neighborhood, and they practice the same religion as Glen and his parents. Naomi is young, pretty, and interested in Glen. H ...

Which one of the following is nota stage of the general adaptation syn- drome (GAS)? a. The alarm reaction b. The stage of resi ...

False. According to the general adaptation syndrome, chronic stress can have an adverse effect on general health. True. False. ...

120 PREVIEW QUIZ True or False TFThe philosopher Aristotle said that the human being is the thinking animal. TFConcepts put the ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 121 Objectives After completing this chapter, you will be able to define thinking; specify thre ...

122 PSYCHOLOGY that we can do it, a moment’s reflection suggests how unusual an ability it is. Even if it is granted, as seems t ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 123 To a child, forming the concept of a dog, a dog “is” an animal with some or all of these att ...

124 PSYCHOLOGY town. He always leaves a twenty-five-cent tip even though 15 percent of his breakfast check comes to about one do ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 125 were taught in school. They might apply it and obtain the square root. Others might say, “I ...

126 PSYCHOLOGY What kind of heuristic approach is characterized by identifying a goal and then finding a way in which the goal c ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 127 (a) What step in systematic problem solving involves reflection on what one has learned? (b) ...

128 PSYCHOLOGY alive—are notburied. If you had any difficulty with either problem it is because of mental sets. In Problem 1 the ...