Tina comes home from work to find her roommate, Katie, resting on the couch. Katie has a fever and says she hasn't been able to eat anything all day
Tina notices dark circles beneath Katie's eyes, and Katie says that she had problems sleeping yesterday. Tina offers to call her father, who is a doctor, to get his advice, but Katie asks Tina not to, saying that she'll be fine. Tina is extremely worried though, and once Katie falls asleep, Tina rushes into another room to call her father. Which component of empathy is Tina displaying? a) Emotional empathy
b) Empathic accuracy
c) Empathic concern
d) Emotional accuracy
c
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McCulloch-Pitts neurons are:
A) neurons which will either fire or not (will be "on" or "off") B) very slow in firing C) made from artificial organic material and designed to work just as neurons in the brain D) those that are constantly on (as a computer is) E) in need of constant stimulation
The term "reactance" is used to refer to the tendency for people to ____
a. revert to simplistic, childlike ways of dealing with situations when they are under stress b. try to "look good" or say the "right" thing when their behavior is being observed c. pretend to feel the opposite of how they are really feeling when they are ashamed or embarrassed about their true feelings d. have an unpleasant emotional response when others are trying to restrict their freedom