Regarding Techniques for Limiting One's Anger and Learning Self-Control, Which

question 266

Multiple Choice

Regarding techniques for limiting one's anger and learning self-control, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)To limit their anger, people are taught to think differently about problematic situations in the first place.
• B)The key to self-control consists of learning how to repress one's angry thoughts and aggressive tendencies.
• C)Limiting anger has helped many people to lessen tendencies toward child abuse, family violence, and other destructive outbursts.
• D)Gaining self-control involves learning how to let go of one's anger as well as learning to avoid problematic situations.

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Definitions:

Cannon-Bard Theory

A theory of emotion that proposes emotions and physiological responses occur simultaneously, and one does not cause the other.

Schachter and Singer's

Psychologists who proposed the two-factor theory of emotion, suggesting that emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive labels.

Plutchik's

Refers to Robert Plutchik's psychoevolutionary theory of emotion, which categorizes emotions into eight primary types forming a wheel.

James-Lange

A theory of emotion that posits emotions arise from physiological responses to stimuli, rather than being the cause of such responses.