When Alex and Jason Were Confronted by a Dangerous Snake,Alex

question 56

Multiple Choice

When Alex and Jason were confronted by a dangerous snake,Alex experienced a much greater level of autonomic nervous system arousal than Jason.Yet both reported being equally scared by the experience.If true,this fact would be most consistent with the

• A) two-factor theory.
• B) Yerkes-Dodson law
• C) Cannon-Bard theory.
• D) James-Lange theory.

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Definitions:

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts, or rules of thumb, that are used for making judgments and decisions.

Sleeper Effect

A delayed increase in the effect of a message that follows a period of discounting or ignoring the message.

Primacy Effect

The phenomenon that the first items presented in a series are more likely to be remembered than items in the middle.

Moderate Alcohol Consumption

The intake of alcoholic beverages within limits considered to have minimal health risk, often defined differently across cultures and guidelines.