In Response to Scary Music Preceding a Gory Moment in a Slasher

question 44

Multiple Choice

In response to scary music preceding a gory moment in a slasher movie, you grab your friend's leg and elicit a powerful scream from the friend. Why did your friend scream so loudly?

• A) The scary music is an occasion setter for the meaning of leg-grabbing.
• B) Grabbing the leg during the scary music releases your friend from compensatory responding, allowing the friend to scream.
• C) The friend must have experienced such leg-grabbing in the past before viewing gory moments, resulting in conditioning.
• D) Fear elicited by the scary music modulated the UR elicited by having the leg grabbed, a response known as fear-potentiated startle.

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Definitions:

Temperament

An individual's natural predisposition towards emotional reactivity and intensity, often evident from infancy and believed to be largely genetic.

Emotional

Relating to a person's feelings or emotions, often affecting their behavior and thought processes.

Behaviour Problems

refers to actions or patterns of behavior in individuals, typically children, that are socially unacceptable or disruptive.

Thomas and Chess

Psychologists who developed a temperament classification system in the study of child development, highlighting the importance of individual differences.