Exam 10: Emotions and Motivations

The slow emotional pathway includes the frontal lobes.

The hormone oxytocin triggers a tend-and-befriend response to stress.

Childhood emotion regulation ability is related to which of the following in young adulthood

When confronted with stressful events, Bobby keeps a positive outlook, does what he can to control the stressors, and tries to see the situation as a learning experience. Bobby is best described as:

Celia must fly home; there's been a family tragedy. "You don't need to worry about a thing. I'll feed your cat and watch your apartment," offers Eva. "You're strong; I know you can get through this," adds Lynette. Eva's response illustrates the ________ effects of social support. Lynette's remark demonstrates the _______ effects of social support.

The HPA axis involves the hippocampus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal glands.

Having positive relationships with others is termed __________.

According to your text, arousal involves activation mainly of the ________ nervous system(s).

During which portion of the human sexual response cycle are males unable to develop an erection

In Schachter and Singer's classic experiment, participants who didn't have an explanation for their arousal took on the emotion expressed by the confederate. According to the interpretation of the results described in your text, we can say that these participants _____.

Which of the following is a stress hormone that releases sugars into the blood, preparing the body for action

The emotional response to stress most strongly associated with negative health outcomes is that of:

In women, sexual desire is ________ correlated with levels of the hormone _________.

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the stages of the general adaptation syndrome, from first to last

According to the James-Lange theory, our emotional experiences drive our physiological responses.

In Stepper and Strack's (1993) experiment, people rated cartoons as funnier when they held a pen between their teeth than when they held a pen between their lips. Which alternative correctly names and identifies the variables in this study

Jamie has many positive relationships with other people; that is, he has ample _________.

Charlotte meets Will, an old high school friend, at a party and is startled to learn his weight increased from 150 to 280 pounds in the year since his automobile accident. Damage to which hypothalamic nucleus might account for his weight gain

The longer-term physiological consequences of stress include:

Similar gender differences in sexual interest are observed cross-culturally. This observation supports a(n) ________ perspective on the origin of these differences and suggests that they largely reflect ________.