When Larson and Lampman-Petraitis Gave Electronic Paging Devices to Monitor

question 105

Multiple Choice

When Larson and Lampman-Petraitis gave electronic paging devices to monitor adolescents' emotions, they found that adolescences experienced:

• A) more positive emotions than younger children.
• B) more mildly negative emotions than younger children.
• C) frequent, sudden shifts from intense anger to intense joy.
• D) no change in variability of emotions with age.

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Definitions:

Herbert Benson

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