Exam 11: Emotion and Health

The main weakness of both the James-Lange theory and the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion is that neither theory addressed

Researchers found that injecting people with stimulant drugs that simulate the physiological fight-or-flight response led to different emotional experiences when participants were exposed to an agitated experimenter or a humorous experimenter. This is consistent with which theory of emotion?

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, activating the muscles that form facial expressions associated with basic emotions can not only increase the intensity of the corresponding emotion if one already feels it, but can sometimes actually create the experience of emotion.

In cross-cultural studies of facial emotion recognition the American participants used the eyes to diagnose the emotion, whereas the Japanese participants tended to use the mouth.

The human fear response is regulated by two pathways, one of which runs to the cerebral cortex. This pathway is

There seems to be little variation across cultures regarding the level of activation we prefer in emotional experiences.

In certain cultures or subcultures one is expected to express grief at funerals of loved ones by wailing, weeping, and pounding the coffin. The cultural standards for such behavior are called

Walter Cannon coined this term to describe the process that biologically prepares the animal to respond to acute, short-term stressors.

Hans Selye developed a model of effects of chronic stress activation known as the

According to Cannon and Bard, when some sort of emotion-laden event is perceived, the sensory impulses are relayed to the _______________, which then stimulates the autonomic nervous system and cerebral cortex.

Researchers found that children trained in optimism had only half the rate of depressive symptoms of a group that had not experienced the training.

In the alarm phase of the GAS, "non-emergency" activity of the parasympathetic nervous system such as digestive activity and sleep are suppressed.

This is the interdisciplinary field that examines the ways that health and illness interact with psychology, biology, and society.

All of the following are reasons why lie detection is difficult, EXCEPT:

According to this hypothesis, activating the muscles that form facial expressions associated with basic emotions can sometimes create the experience of having an emotion.

Since the 1950s, psychological surveys about happiness have suggested that people believe that they would be happier if they had more

Studies of spinal injury patients, substance abusers, victims of terrorism, and married couples reported that the best way to deal with the anger associated with study participants' experiences was for the victims to

The average American college student tells at least how many lies a day?

All of the following statements are consistent with the pessimistic explanatory style, EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a dimension along which explanatory style can vary?