What Is Watson and Tellegen's Basic Premise About the Origin

question 200

Multiple Choice

What is Watson and Tellegen's basic premise about the origin of emotions?

• A) Emotions are unique to humans.
• B) Emotions serve as a protective function from dangerous stimuli.
• C) Positive and negative emotions are simply opposite ends of the same continuum.
• D) All human emotions can be thought of as different combinations of positive and negative emotions.

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Definitions:

True Statements

Assertions or claims that accurately reflect reality or are in accordance with facts.

Tautology

A redundant or repetitive statement in which the conclusion is identical to its premise in meaning.

Logic of Statements

The branch of logic that deals with the relationships between statements, including their validity and truth values.

Disjunction

A logical operation that combines two or more statements in such a way that the resulting statement is true if at least one of the original statements is true.