A. Cartharsis hypothesis.
B. Relative deprivation principle.
C. Feel-good, do-good phenomenon.
D. Adaptation-level phenomenon.
Related Mcqs:
- Lewis has suffered from acute stress for years. He is presently learning to relax with a device that provides him with information about changes in tension in his forehead muscles. Lewis’ case illustrates the use of: ___________?
A. Biofeedback
B. The general adaptation syndrome.
C. Psychoanalysis.
D. Cognitive therapy. - Haley’s parents bought her a used bicycle for her birthday. She was thrilled until she learned that her best friend received a brand new bicycle on her birthday.Haley’s declining satisfaction illustrates the: ____________?
A. Facial feedback effect.
B. Relative deprivation principle
C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
D. Catharsis hypothesis. - Amanda is stressed out because she think she’s too boring socially to make friends with her new classmates. Amanda best illustrates the debilitating effects of:_________?
A. A pessimistic explanatory style
B. Problem-focused coping
C. Hypochondriasis
D. Emotion-focused coping - In anger-provoking situations, sexually aroused people experience more intense hostility than those who are not sexually aroused. This best illustrates the:
A. James-Lange theory.
B. Spilover effect
C. Cannon-Bard theory
D. Catharsis hypothesis. - It has been suggested that baring the teeth is universally associated with the expression of anger because this ability to convey threats has helped humans to survive. This suggestion best illustrates the: ___________?
A. Two-factor theory.
B. Cannon-Bard theory.
C. Adaptation-level principle.
D. Evolutionary perspective - Mr. Hanson is strongly suspected of embezzling money from his employer. He has denied the allegation. To determine whether he is lying, investigators are most likely to ask Mr. Hanson to take a (n)_______-test.
A. Electrocardiograph
B. Myograph
C. Electroencephalograph
D. Polygraph - The, “Is your address(person’s address)?” asked during the administration of a lie detector test, is a(n)______question.
A. Control
B. Critical
C. Relevant
D. Irrelevant - If you saw with his pupils dilated (enlarged) you would most likely assume that he was _________?
A. Angry
B. Disgusted
C. Happy
D. Scared - As a member of the diplomatic corps, Alex was given special training in the customs, language, and religions of the Third World country where he would be living. However, Alex probably needed little training to correctly interpret his hosts’ expressions of emotion as revealed by their:
A. Facial expressions
B. Tones of voice
C. Verbal experiences
D. Body postures - Although newspapers reported that a murder victim had been stabbed with a knife, two police investigators knew that the actual murder weapon was a letter openor. While carefully monitoring the changes in heart and perspiration level of a prime suspect, the investigators asked him if he typically used a letter opener on his mail. The investigators were making use of the:
A. Relative deprivation principle.
B. Guilty knowledge test
C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
D. Two-factor theory
