You and Your Friends Get Together to Talk About Your

question 100

Multiple Choice

You and your friends get together to talk about your performances on an exam.You are all upset about your performances.Given what you learned in this chapter,how do you think you will all feel when you finish discussing the exam? 

• A)You will all feel a great deal better because you will have gotten it off your chests, as suggested by catharsis theory. 
• B)You will all feel about the same as when you started, as suggested by the Cannon-Bard Theory. 
• C)You will all probably be even more upset, as suggested by the James-Lange theory. 
• D)You will all be in the exhaustion phase of general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

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Definitions:

Failures

Instances or events when desired goals or expectations are not met, often viewed as opportunities for learning and improvement.

Overconfident

Characterized by an overly strong belief in one's abilities or outcomes, often more than is warranted by the reality.

Mathematical Skills

Abilities related to understanding, analyzing, and working with numbers and mathematical concepts.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.