You Promised a Friend to Pick Him Up After Work

question 124

Multiple Choice

You promised a friend to pick him up after work.As you arrive at home, your friend calls you and says that he has been waiting for over an hour for you to pick him up.You realize that you have not lived up to your promise and feel shame.Richard Lazarus would say that your feeling of shame occurred because of your

• A) unconscious attribution.
• B) emotional appraisal.
• C) cognitive distinction.
• D) facial feedback.

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Definitions:

Serial Position Effect

A memory phenomenon where items at the beginning and end of a list are more likely to be recalled than those in the middle.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better than those in the middle or at the end.

Autobiographical Memory

A subset of episodic memory, consisting of a person's recollections of their past experiences and events that have personal significance.

Semantic Memory

A portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience.