In an Experiment That Tested the Effects of Negative Emotions

question 18

Multiple Choice

In an experiment that tested the effects of negative emotions on the immune system, experimenters gave each participant a blister using a vacuum pump.Which participants took the longest to heal?

• A) Participants who had financial problems
• B) Participants who had recently undergone a major life stressor
• C) Participants who ate an unhealthy diet
• D) Participants who had anger-control problems

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Definitions:

Coaction Effects

The impact on performance of the presence of other people engaged in the same task.

Source Confusion

Source Confusion is a memory error where individuals are unable to recall the true source of a memory, leading to misattribution of the information's origin.

Cognitive

Pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

Emotional

Pertaining to feelings or emotions, involving the ability to experience, communicate, and understand emotional states.