State the James-Lange theory and briefly describe evidence that supports it
What will be an ideal response?
According to the James-Lange theory, our emotional feelings result from perceptions of what our bodies are doing, especially their autonomic responses. Supporting evidence is that people with pure autonomic failure have little or no autonomic response to situations, and feel their emotions more weakly than before. Other support is that procedures to increase or decrease body responses tend to increase or decrease emotional feelings.
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If you were asked to assess a student who has performance-approach goal, which one of the following statements would you select as being the most representative of this?
a. "I want to get the top grade in the class." b. "I will be just happy if I don't get an F." c. "I just don't care about my grades." d. "However hard I may try, I know I'll not pass."
A person adjusting to a new group will most likely learn about the new group norms through the process of
a. reading the group orientation manual. b. noting the uniformity and regularity of certain behaviors. c. trial-and-error. d. noting the negative consequence that follow when a group member violates a group norm. e. B and D are correct.