According to Catharsis Theory, ____

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to catharsis theory, ____.

• A) expressing negative emotions produces a healthy release and is therefore good for the psyche
• B) practicing emotional restraint of negative emotions (i.e., holding in negative emotions) can help to dissipate, or reduce, such emotions across time
• C) ironically, people tend to feel unpleasant emotions when they have survived a negative experience when others have suffered
• D) emotions tend to promote interpersonal ties

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Definitions:

Preventive Maintenance

Maintenance activities performed regularly on equipment before faults occur, aimed at reducing the risk of unexpected breakdowns and downtime.

Breakdown Maintenance

The practice of repairing or fixing equipment and machinery only after it has failed or broken down, as opposed to performing regular preventative maintenance.

MTBF Distribution

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) Distribution is a statistical representation of the expected performance or reliability of a system, indicating the average time between failures.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a set of values, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.