Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

A person is in the ________ of the general adaptation syndrome when the muscles tense, blood pressure rises, and digestion shuts down.

In order to get around the human ability to mask emotions and more clearly define facial expressions for particular emotions, Paul Ekman and his associates:

Facial feedback is defined as the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.

Research has shown that smiles always signal the same underlying emotion, regardless of culture or situational factors.

Maureen is working in a fast-food restaurant and is becoming irritated with a customer who isn't ordering fast enough. She is supposed to be pleasant to all customers, but instead she snaps, "Hey, whaddaya want to order, slowpoke?" To keep her job and her temper, Maureen needs practice in ___________.

The health risk factor of the Type A personality, with regard to heart disease, is high reactiveness to stress.

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, "I'm devastated that our home was flooded, but at least it is still standing. Some of the houses closer to the river are completely gone"?

________ is a hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex that elevates blood sugar and protects the body's tissues in case of injury.

What has research shown about the stereotype that women are "more emotional" than men?

The modern era of stress research began in 1956, when physician Hans Selye published The Stress of Life.

The modern era of stress research began:

When researchers showed students a series of computer-generated, fairly sex-neutral faces with a range of expressions morphing from angry to happy, the students consistently rated the angry faces as:

When 1-year-old babies in an experiment were placed on an ambiguous visual cliff and saw an expression of fear on their mothers' faces, what portion of them crossed the cliff?

Name the seven facial expressions of emotion that Paul Ekman identified as having distinctive physiological patterns and corresponding universal facial expressions.

Primary control is a "learn to live with it" philosophy.

Prototypical emotions are reflected in the emotion words that young children learn first.

When emotions spread from one person to another, it is known as:

When people try to hide their feelings with an inauthentic expression, they use different groups of muscles than they do for authentic emotions.

Which occupation would be more likely to require emotion work as a job requirement?

After a Japanese/American business meeting, the most likely complaint by the Japanese would be that the Americans are too cheerful.