Emotions Are Both Positive and Negative

question 71

Multiple Choice

Emotions are both positive and negative. Once people experience both types of emotion, they generally try to orchestrate their lives to maximize the experience of positive emotion and minimize the experience of negative emotion. This pattern illustrates that emotions provide ____.

• A) a feedback system
• B) enrichment to life
• C) the intent for criminal behavior
• D) a motive for creative behavior

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Definitions:

Precognition

The alleged psychic ability to see or predict future events before they actually happen, lacking scientific support.

Psychokinesis

The alleged psychic ability to move or manipulate objects without physical interaction.

Context Effects

The influence of environmental factors on one's perception, cognition, or behavior in a specific situation.

Perceptual Adaptation

The ability of the body to adjust to an environment by filtering out distractions and focusing on significant information.