The Fact That You Almost Instinctively Jump Out of the Way

question 195

Multiple Choice

The fact that you almost instinctively jump out of the way of a car that is about to hit you and the fact that young infants clearly feel emotions even though they have yet to learn language are examples that both demonstrate how:

• A) sometimes emotions are produced without any cognitive appraisals at all.
• B) the concept of secondary appraisals can be used to explain emotional responses.
• C) sometimes the cognitive appraisals involved in emotion are automatic or primitive.
• D) the cognitive appraisals involved in emotions are always conscious.

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