Your Roommate Is Hungry and Wants to Know What's for Dinner

question 41

Multiple Choice

Your roommate is hungry and wants to know what's for dinner. You have decided to try and reduce your food waste, so you suggest:

• A) eating out at a vegetarian restaurant.
• B) making sandwiches with the bread, spinach, and turkey you bought a few days ago.
• C) going to the store to buy something different than you had yesterday, for dietary variety.
• D) peeling the potatoes before cooking them.

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Definitions:

James-Lange Theory

A theory of emotion suggesting that physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion, implying that emotions are a result of the interpretation of bodily reactions.

Appraisal Theory

A theory in psychology that describes how individuals evaluate events as beneficial or harmful to their well-being, which then determines their emotional response.

Emotion

A complex psychological state involving subjective feelings, physiological arousal, and observable behavior.

Amygdala

The amygdala is a crucial brain structure within the temporal lobe, involved in emotion regulation, especially fear, and plays a role in memory formation.