Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Darwin argued that facial expressions of emotion are:

After their home in California is damaged during an earthquake, a couple researches the federal loan program to help them rebuild their house. Their behavior is an example of:

Regions of the left hemisphere of the brain appear to be specialized for positive emotions, such as happiness.

Everyone knows that feeling happy makes people smile, but can smiling make people feel happier? Explain why or why not.

Charles Darwin argued that human facial expressions are innate. What evolutionary reason did Darwin give for the evolution of these expressions?

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

Which of the following emotions is a prototypical emotion?

When one-year-old Olivia is placed on an ambiguous visual cliff, she looks at her mom's reassuring face. Olivia is most likely to:

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

_________ is the study of the relationships among psychology, the nervous and endocrine systems, and the immune system.

People trying to hide their real feelings with fake expressions use the same muscle groups that are used for real emotions.

In the textbook chapter on Sensation and Perception (Chapter 6), we read about a clever method for testing an infant's perception of depth. Describe the physical apparatus called the "visual cliff" and explain how it is used in testing the depth perception in babies. How was the visual cliff procedure modified in order to assess the ways in which babies begin to alter their own behaviors after observing their parents' emotional reactions? What results were found?

The amygdala generates a more complete picture of a person or situation and can override signals sent by lower parts of the brain.

When you are under stress, the brain's ________ sends messages to the endocrine glands along two major pathways.

People with high incomes usually have more stressful lives than people with low incomes.

In addition to confession, another important way of letting go of negative emotions is:

Paul Ekman and his colleagues gathered evidence supporting the universality of _________ facial expressions of emotion.

When a person is under stress, the hypothalamus sends messages to the endocrine glands along two major pathways.

Three-year-old Xavier sees his dad dressed up as a gorilla and Xavier screams in fear. What brain structure is probably involved in his reaction?

Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus. What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's fearful reaction?