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What Are Ways in Which Cognition Has an Influence on Affect

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What are ways in which cognition has an influence on affect? How do we know what we are feeling? In other words,what role does cognition play in regulating affect? Describe a key study by Schachter that talks about the use of distraction.


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Mailed Postcards

Physical cards, often decorative or photo-based, sent through postal services to convey messages across distances.

Perception

The cognitive process of interpreting and organizing sensory information to understand the environment.

Hypnotized

The state of having one's attention, awareness, and consciousness altered by hypnosis, making the individual more open to suggestion.

Visual and Auditory Receptors

Sensory cells located in the eyes and ears, responsible for converting light and sound waves into signals that can be interpreted by the brain.

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