A Person Who Makes a Public Statement About a Planned

question 19

True/False

A person who makes a public statement about a planned action (for example,announcing to your employees that "I will increase profits in this company by 20 percent.")
is less likely to accomplish that action than someone who remains quiet about his or her plans.

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Definitions:

Leptin

A hormone produced by adipose cells that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger, thereby helping to regulate body weight.

Two-Factor Theory

A theory that asserts emotion arises from physiological arousal followed by a cognitive label of that arousal, proposed by Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer.

Sympathetic Nervous System

A part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for rapid response to stressful or emergency situations by increasing heart rate and blood flow, among other effects.

Cannon-Bard Theory

A theory of emotion proposing that emotions and physiological responses like sweating or trembling happen simultaneously.