Walking Down a Dark, Deserted Street, Brian Suddenly Hears Footsteps

question 126

Multiple Choice

Walking down a dark, deserted street, Brian suddenly hears footsteps behind him. He starts to sweat and begins to run down the street, interpreting his sweating and running as an indication of fear. This particular description of an emotional experience MOST directly agrees with which theory of emotion?

• A) Cannon-Bard
• B) James-Lange
• C) LeDoux
• D) Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory

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Definitions:

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, it represents the ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Ego

In psychology, a component of Sigmund Freud's model of the psyche that represents the self, or the part of one's identity that mediates between the desires of the id and the constraints of the social environment.

Id

A part of the mind in Freudian psychoanalysis that is responsible for instinctual desires and drives.

Libido

The energy of the sexual drive as a component of the life instinct.