AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If people who have just been aroused by watching rock videos are insulted, their feelings of anger will be greater than those of people who have been similarly provoked but were not previously aroused. This is best explained by the:
A
relative deprivation principle
B
adaptation level principle
C
catharsis hypothesis
D
Schacter and Singer two-factor theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If people who are aroused by watching rock videos are then insulted, their feelings of anger will be greater than those of people who have been similarly provoked but were not previously aroused. This is BEST explained by the: Schachter-Singer two-factor theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following is correct regarding the relationship between arousal and performance? On easy tasks, performance is optimal when arousal is high.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arousal enhances memory for high priority information, reduces memory for low-priority information. Mara Mather’s research focuses on how emotion and stress affect memory and decisions and how such influences differ depending on one’s age and gender.

Detailed explanation-4: -Arousing stimuli constantly factor into our lives, influencing and shaping not just our affective states, but also cognitive processes like memory. With specific regard to memory, research suggests that arousing events alter both what we remember, as well as how we remember.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to Cannon-Bard theory of emotion, physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously, yet independently.

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