When It Was Published in 1872, the Expression of the Emotions

question 186

Multiple Choice

When it was published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals became a bestseller. Who was the author?

• A) William James
• B) Walter Cannon
• C) Charles Darwin
• D) Abraham Maslow

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The tendency of previously learned material to hinder subsequent learning.

Memory Construction

The process through which the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves information, influenced by perception, imagination, and other cognitive processes.

Sensory Memory

The briefest span of memory, capable of holding sensations of sensory data after the initial stimuli are no longer present.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of the conscious mind into the unconscious.