Assume that you are playing pool at the student union when several of your buddies surround the table to watch you play. If you are ________ player, you would ________ because of the arousing effects of their presence
a. an excellent; make most of your shots
b. an excellent; perform worse than usual
c. mediocre; play better than before
d. poor; perform better than you have in the past
Answer: A
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An emotional stimulus, such as a large snarling dog, is appraised as a threat
Your appraisal gives rise to autonomic nervous system (ANS) arousal and cognitive labeling, adaptive behavior (running), facial expressions of fear and postural tenseness, and emotional feelings. Arousal, attribution, expressions, and behavior add to these emotional feelings. Then, the emotional feelings influence appraisal, which further affects arousal, behavior, expressions, and feelings. This is a description of which theory? a. activation-synthesis hypothesis b. Yerkes-Dodson law c. contemporary model of emotion d. frustration-aggression hypothesis