Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Human faces have only 10 muscles that enable us to portray the multitude of human emotions.

No physiological patterns of responses are specific to lying.

The ________ secrete(s) epinephrine and norepinephrine when the sympathetic nervous system becomes activated.

The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed is called:

One study found that the cells of highly stressed women looked like those of women at least ten years older. One reason for this increased cell damage may be linked to:

Amber has many worries about being in college, but she is afraid to tell anyone. What might be the healthiest solution for her?

There are some problems that cannot be solved, but we can change the way we think about the problem. What coping method is being used when a person says, "Well, I may have lost my accounting job, but I always did want a chance to work with people, and now I can find a job that allows me to do that"?

Steve is unexpectedly called on in class. He hasn't the faintest idea of the answer, and he feels his heart start to pound and his palms begin to sweat. According to Hans Selye, he is in the ________ phase of His stress response.

The influence of thought on emotion was studied by assessing athletes' reactions to being among the medal winners in the 1992 Olympics. The results showed that:

________ provides the energy of an emotion, that familiar tingle, excitement, and sense of animation.

During the resistance phase of the general adaptation syndrome, the body attempts to cope with a stressor that persists over time.

Casey is watching Horrible Hatchet Homicides in the Haunted House. What cells in his brain are making him wince when the hero is being attacked?

Explain the ways in which poverty and powerlessness act as stressors.

Shannon's first bee sting, when she was 7 years old, led to a trip to the emergency room after she had an allergic reaction. As she is playing at Kyla's tenth birthday party, Shannon notices a bee near her hand. Explain the phase of the general adaptation syndrome that Shannon experiences at this moment.

When Jose complies with instructions to look angry, it is most likely that:

Dara and Dinah get B's on their psychology midterm, but Dara is ecstatic and proud, and Dinah is furious. What expectations and attributions are probably affecting their emotional reactions?

When compared to realistic optimists, those with pessimistic explanatory styles tend to:

Which of the following outcomes would be most likely after a German-American business meeting?

People with a Type A personality are patient and optimistic.

After their home in Kansas is damaged by a tornado, a couple talks about the event over and over in order to make sense of it and decide what to do. Their behavior is an example of: