Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Display rules involve displaying an emotion that is not actually felt, often because of a role requirement.

People with a Type A personality are calm but intense.

Taylor can't believe that her boyfriend wants to see other women after two years of exclusive dating. She tries to banish all thoughts of him from her mind, but it doesn't seem to be working. Her strategy is not effective because:

Joy and surprise, disgust and contempt would typically be considered ________ emotions.

Delaney was in a meeting when her co-worker began to present and take credit for work that Delaney had done. Her initial reaction was nearly uncontrollable rage, but she forced herself to calm down. Even though she was still very upset, she controlled her reaction so as to not to appear unprofessional in front of her boss. According to Selye's GAS, Delaney was in the ________ phase:

The modern era of stress research began:

________ is the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.

Many North Americans assume that by their very nature, men are less emotional than women. But one of the critical thinking guidelines leads us to question this assumption. In Chapter 1, we learned that it was important to "Analyze Assumptions and Biases." Explain how cultural rules have a powerful influence on how men and women express their feelings. Integrate your knowledge of Chapter 11 (Emotion, Stress, and Health) with this critical thinking guideline.

Infants begin to alter their behaviour in response to adult facial expressions at about ________ of age.

People in the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder have worse health and higher mortality rates for almost every disease and medical condition than do those at the top. Review the Canadian research that links poverty and stress.

It appears as though the Stoic philosophers were correct in saying that:

Briefly explain the relationship between stress and cell damage.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

People with a Type A personality:

Expression of an emotion that the person does not really feel is called:

The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed is called:

If emotional expression is hard-wired by evolution, why do people across and within cultures disagree on the identification and interpretation of such expression?

A person whose culture emphasizes primary control would agree that:

Contrast the two explanatory styles that people use in responding to bad events. Explain the relationship of each style to health.

Ekman and his associates developed a special coding system to analyze and identify each of the nearly ________ muscles of the face, as well as the combinations of muscles associated with various emotions.