Question 1

​A polygraph measures activity of what?

Accepted Answer

A) The hormonal glands 
B) ​The muscles of the hand and the face 
C) ​The parasympathetic nervous system 
D) ​The sympathetic nervous system 
A) The hormonal glands 
B) ​The muscles of the hand and the face 
C) ​The parasympathetic nervous system 
D) ​The sympathetic nervous system

Question 2

If stress produces prolonged high levels of cortisol,the cortisol damages which brain area?​

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocampus 
B) ​Visual cortex 
C) ​Corpus callosum 
D) ​Medulla oblongata 
A) Hippocampus 
B) ​Visual cortex 
C) ​Corpus callosum 
D) ​Medulla oblongata

Question 3

Although a woman with damage to her amygdala seems almost always fearless,which of the following provoked her to panic?​

Accepted Answer

A) Coming close to dangerous snakes 
B) ​Remembering the times when she had been attacked 
C) ​Breathing concentrated carbon dioxide 
D) ​Watching horror movies 
A) Coming close to dangerous snakes 
B) ​Remembering the times when she had been attacked 
C) ​Breathing concentrated carbon dioxide 
D) ​Watching horror movies

Question 4

While a woman is waiting for a painful experience,someone holds her hand.Under what circumstance,if any,does the handholding reduce her anxiety most strongly?​

Accepted Answer

A) If someone holds her hand tightly 
B) ​If her loving husband holds her hand 
C) ​If the experimenter holds her hand 
D) ​Under no circumstances 
A) If someone holds her hand tightly 
B) ​If her loving husband holds her hand 
C) ​If the experimenter holds her hand 
D) ​Under no circumstances

Question 5

​According to research on the polygraph test,what is its major flaw?

Accepted Answer

A) It identifies too few of the people who are lying. 
B) ​It too often identifies innocent people as lying. 
C) ​It is more expensive than other methods of detecting lies. 
D) ​It can be used only after someone gives informed consent. 
A) It identifies too few of the people who are lying. 
B) ​It too often identifies innocent people as lying. 
C) ​It is more expensive than other methods of detecting lies. 
D) ​It can be used only after someone gives informed consent.

Question 6

When damage to the prefrontal cortex impairs someone's emotional responses,what happens to the decisions they make?​

Accepted Answer

A) They think more carefully than usual and evaluate all the evidence. 
B) ​They calmly make decisions that most people consider disturbing. 
C) ​They hesitate far longer than normal before making any decision. 
D) ​They become highly conformist, making the same decisions that most others do. 
A) They think more carefully than usual and evaluate all the evidence. 
B) ​They calmly make decisions that most people consider disturbing. 
C) ​They hesitate far longer than normal before making any decision. 
D) ​They become highly conformist, making the same decisions that most others do.

Question 7

Which of these is a common way to measure anxiety?​

Accepted Answer

A) Compare the amount of blood flow to the left and right hemispheres of the brain. 
B) ​Measure the speed of responding to complex instructions. 
C) ​Measure the pupillary constriction reflex to a bright light. 
D) ​Measure the startle reflex to a sudden loud noise. 
A) Compare the amount of blood flow to the left and right hemispheres of the brain. 
B) ​Measure the speed of responding to complex instructions. 
C) ​Measure the pupillary constriction reflex to a bright light. 
D) ​Measure the startle reflex to a sudden loud noise.

Question 8

Why did the United States outlaw many uses of polygraph tests?​

Accepted Answer

A) Taking the test exposes people to dangerous radiation. 
B) ​Taking the test is physically painful. 
C) ​The test fails to identify enough liars. 
D) ​The test often identifies honest people as lying. 
A) Taking the test exposes people to dangerous radiation. 
B) ​Taking the test is physically painful. 
C) ​The test fails to identify enough liars. 
D) ​The test often identifies honest people as lying.

Question 9

​Stress produces many of its effects on health and well-being by its influence on which system?

Accepted Answer

A) The respiratory system 
B) ​The circulatory system 
C) ​The digestive system 
D) ​The immune system 
A) The respiratory system 
B) ​The circulatory system 
C) ​The digestive system 
D) ​The immune system

Question 10

​Of the following,what would a health psychologist be UNLIKELY to study?

Accepted Answer

A) How to get people to follow their physician's advice 
B) ​The behavioral strategies that reduce pain 
C) ​Behaviors such as smoking and overeating that influence health 
D) ​The best type of psychotherapy for treating depression 
A) How to get people to follow their physician's advice 
B) ​The behavioral strategies that reduce pain 
C) ​Behaviors such as smoking and overeating that influence health 
D) ​The best type of psychotherapy for treating depression

Question 11

What does the James-Lange theory state?​

Accepted Answer

A) Feeling an emotion causes your body to act. 
B) ​Your body's actions produce the feeling aspect of emotion. 
C) ​The six basic emotions produce innately programmed facial expressions. 
D) ​Suppressing one emotion causes another to occur in its place. 
A) Feeling an emotion causes your body to act. 
B) ​Your body's actions produce the feeling aspect of emotion. 
C) ​The six basic emotions produce innately programmed facial expressions. 
D) ​Suppressing one emotion causes another to occur in its place.

Question 12

According to the James-Lange theory,how can we explain why people with pure autonomic failure experience weaker than average emotional feelings?​

Accepted Answer

A) They have trouble interpreting the meaning of other people's facial expressions. 
B) ​They do not appraise dangerous situations as quickly as other people do. 
C) ​Sensory messages that reach the spinal cord fail to reach the brain. 
D) ​Their heart rate and breathing rate do not respond to experiences. 
A) They have trouble interpreting the meaning of other people's facial expressions. 
B) ​They do not appraise dangerous situations as quickly as other people do. 
C) ​Sensory messages that reach the spinal cord fail to reach the brain. 
D) ​Their heart rate and breathing rate do not respond to experiences.

Question 13

Which of these is an important function that emotional expressions accomplish?​

Accepted Answer

A) They decrease tension. 
B) ​They improve body posture. 
C) ​They communicate with other people. 
D) ​They increase blood flow to the brain. 
A) They decrease tension. 
B) ​They improve body posture. 
C) ​They communicate with other people. 
D) ​They increase blood flow to the brain.

Question 14

How important is it to talk to a therapist shortly after a traumatic experience?​

Accepted Answer

A) Talking to a therapist at that point is generally not helpful. 
B) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important, for any type of trauma. 
C) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important for victims, but not for observers. 
D) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important for observers, but not for victims. 
A) Talking to a therapist at that point is generally not helpful. 
B) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important, for any type of trauma. 
C) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important for victims, but not for observers. 
D) ​Talking to a therapist at that point is important for observers, but not for victims.

Question 15

What does the autonomic nervous system control?​

Accepted Answer

A) Vision and other senses 
B) ​Memory and cognition 
C) ​The organs 
D) ​Muscle movements 
A) Vision and other senses 
B) ​Memory and cognition 
C) ​The organs 
D) ​Muscle movements

Question 16

Of these,which is most likely to either increase or decrease happiness for a period of years?​

Accepted Answer

A) Divorce or widowhood produces a long-lasting decrease in happiness. 
B) ​Moving to a warmer climate produces a long-lasting increase in happiness. 
C) ​Growing older leads to a gradual but permanent decrease in happiness. 
D) ​Winning a lottery leads to a long-lasting increase in happiness. 
A) Divorce or widowhood produces a long-lasting decrease in happiness. 
B) ​Moving to a warmer climate produces a long-lasting increase in happiness. 
C) ​Growing older leads to a gradual but permanent decrease in happiness. 
D) ​Winning a lottery leads to a long-lasting increase in happiness.

Question 17

If we have a few "basic" emotions,what do psychologists assume about those basic emotions?​

Accepted Answer

A) Each basic emotion should have a distinct facial expression. 
B) ​All the basic emotions should depend on the same brain area. 
C) ​The basic emotions should vary from one culture to another. 
D) ​Each basic emotion should make its first appearance at a different age. 
A) Each basic emotion should have a distinct facial expression. 
B) ​All the basic emotions should depend on the same brain area. 
C) ​The basic emotions should vary from one culture to another. 
D) ​Each basic emotion should make its first appearance at a different age.

Question 18

Which of the following does NOT tend to support the James-Lange theory?​

Accepted Answer

A) Directions to adopt a particular posture and breathing pattern induce an emotional feeling. 
B) ​People with pure autonomic failure report weaker than average emotional feelings. 
C) ​People with spinal cord damage continue to report feeling normal emotions. 
D) ​Molding someone's face into a smile increases the enjoyment of cartoons. 
A) Directions to adopt a particular posture and breathing pattern induce an emotional feeling. 
B) ​People with pure autonomic failure report weaker than average emotional feelings. 
C) ​People with spinal cord damage continue to report feeling normal emotions. 
D) ​Molding someone's face into a smile increases the enjoyment of cartoons.

Question 19

When researchers tested the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion,how could they have improved the accuracy of recognition?​

Accepted Answer

A) Use photos of real people in real situations instead of expressions posed by actors. 
B) ​Tell people to answer quickly, based on their first impulse. 
C) ​Let observers use their own labels, instead of giving them six choices. 
D) ​Pose frightened people looking to the side and sad people looking down. 
A) Use photos of real people in real situations instead of expressions posed by actors. 
B) ​Tell people to answer quickly, based on their first impulse. 
C) ​Let observers use their own labels, instead of giving them six choices. 
D) ​Pose frightened people looking to the side and sad people looking down.

Question 20

What does the James-Lange theory predict about someone who has weak autonomic responses?​

Accepted Answer

A) Poor ability to restrain outbursts of anger 
B) ​Poor ability to restrain moments of fear 
C) ​Weaker than average emotional feelings 
D) ​Stronger than average emotional feelings 
A) Poor ability to restrain outbursts of anger 
B) ​Poor ability to restrain moments of fear 
C) ​Weaker than average emotional feelings 
D) ​Stronger than average emotional feelings

Exam 12: Part 1 Emotions,stress,and Healthemotions,stress,and Health

​A polygraph measures activity of what?

If stress produces prolonged high levels of cortisol,the cortisol damages which brain area?​

Although a woman with damage to her amygdala seems almost always fearless,which of the following provoked her to panic?​

While a woman is waiting for a painful experience,someone holds her hand.Under what circumstance,if any,does the handholding reduce her anxiety most strongly?​

​According to research on the polygraph test,what is its major flaw?

When damage to the prefrontal cortex impairs someone's emotional responses,what happens to the decisions they make?​

Which of these is a common way to measure anxiety?​

Why did the United States outlaw many uses of polygraph tests?​

​Stress produces many of its effects on health and well-being by its influence on which system?

​Of the following,what would a health psychologist be UNLIKELY to study?

What does the James-Lange theory state?​

According to the James-Lange theory,how can we explain why people with pure autonomic failure experience weaker than average emotional feelings?​

Which of these is an important function that emotional expressions accomplish?​

How important is it to talk to a therapist shortly after a traumatic experience?​

What does the autonomic nervous system control?​

Of these,which is most likely to either increase or decrease happiness for a period of years?​

If we have a few "basic" emotions,what do psychologists assume about those basic emotions?​

Which of the following does NOT tend to support the James-Lange theory?​

When researchers tested the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion,how could they have improved the accuracy of recognition?​

What does the James-Lange theory predict about someone who has weak autonomic responses?​

What Is Psychology

Scientific Methods in Psychology

A: Scientific Methods in Psychology

Biological Psychology

A: Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

A: Sensation and Perception

Development

A: Development

Learning

A: Learning

Memory

A: Memory

Cognition and Language

A: Cognition and Language

Intelligenceintelligence

A: Intelligence Intelligence

Consciousnessconsciousness

A: Consciousnessconsciousness

Motivated Behaviorsmotivated Behaviors

A: Motivated Behaviorsmotivated Behaviors

A: Emotional,stress,and Healthemotional,stress,and Health

Social Psychologysocial Psychology

A: Social Psychologysocial Psychology

Personalitypersonality

A: Personalitypersonality

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A polygraph measures activity of what?

If stress produces prolonged high levels of cortisol,the cortisol damages which brain area?

Although a woman with damage to her amygdala seems almost always fearless,which of the following provoked her to panic?

While a woman is waiting for a painful experience,someone holds her hand.Under what circumstance,if any,does the handholding reduce her anxiety most strongly?

According to research on the polygraph test,what is its major flaw?

When damage to the prefrontal cortex impairs someone's emotional responses,what happens to the decisions they make?

Which of these is a common way to measure anxiety?

Why did the United States outlaw many uses of polygraph tests?

Stress produces many of its effects on health and well-being by its influence on which system?

Of the following,what would a health psychologist be UNLIKELY to study?

What does the James-Lange theory state?

According to the James-Lange theory,how can we explain why people with pure autonomic failure experience weaker than average emotional feelings?

Which of these is an important function that emotional expressions accomplish?

How important is it to talk to a therapist shortly after a traumatic experience?

What does the autonomic nervous system control?

Of these,which is most likely to either increase or decrease happiness for a period of years?

If we have a few "basic" emotions,what do psychologists assume about those basic emotions?

Which of the following does NOT tend to support the James-Lange theory?

When researchers tested the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion,how could they have improved the accuracy of recognition?

What does the James-Lange theory predict about someone who has weak autonomic responses?