Explain the relation between schemas and the self-fulfilling prophecy. Provide a concrete example
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Not only do people fail to revise their inaccurate schemas in response to disconfirming information; people sometimes use their erroneous schemas to guide their own behaviors. Their schema-generated behaviors, in turn, cause other people to behave in ways that support their initially incorrect schemas. (Note: Students provide their own example; they should identify both an incorrect schema and the ways in which perceivers' behaviors change the behaviors of others.)
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a. ?dreaming designed to cope with stresses and concerns in the individual b. ?dreams are a reflection of a person’s deep unconscious concerns c. ?dreams have absolutely no meaning d. ?dreams represent the brain’s attempt to create meaning from random neural impulses
What is one of the three major criticisms of the James-Lange theory voiced by Walter Cannon?
a. ?Cognitive interpretation of physiological arousal can change the experience of emotion, thus suggesting that thought processes are more important in emotions than is physiology. b. ?Physiological arousal varies more from emotion to emotion than the theory supposes. c. ?Emotional response appears to occur in an entirely separate part of the brain than physiological arousal. d. ?The artificial creation of physiological arousal does not necessarily lead to the experience of specific emotions, indicating that the arousal does not cause the emotion.