According to the ________________ Theory of Emotion, "We Feel Sorry

question 45

Short Answer

According to the ________________ theory of emotion, "we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, [and] afraid because we tremble."

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Definitions:

Reification

Turning an abstract into a concrete thing—for example, assuming that because there are measures of intelligence, there is a unitary, tangible entity called intelligence.

Abstraction

The process of removing physical, specific details to focus on ideas or concepts at a more general, simplified level.

Real Thing

An authentic object or concept, as opposed to an imitation or reproduction.

Likert Scale

An interval scale on which respondents record their reactions to statements by checking their level of agreement between, for example, “strongly agree” and “strongly disagree.”