Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Humour improves immune functioning, hastens recovery from surgery and serious illness, and even prolongs life.

Research on the link between depression and illness has shown that:

Chelsea Thomas, a seven-year-old suffering from Möbius syndrome, lacked the nerves necessary to transmit commands from her brain to her facial muscles. Although she was a cheerful girl, her facial expression was grumpy. Hypothesize the implications that this disorder might have on Chelsea's interactions with others. What research method would you use to explore your hypotheses?

After their home in Ontario is damaged by a tornado, a couple talks about the event over and over in order to make sense of it and decide what to do. Their behaviour is an example of:

Xanna's pupils are dilated, her breathing is rapid, and her heart is beating quickly. Her digestion has slowed down as her blood flow has been diverted from the stomach and intestines to the muscles and surface of the skin. From this description, it is evident that Xanna is feeling:

Research studies on the dilemma of anger suggest that:

A pessimistic explanatory style, when compared to an optimistic style, is associated with slower recovery from defeats and traumas.

The HPA axis is an abbreviation for:

________ is a state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies toward action, all shaped by cultural rules.

Women feel stronger everyday emotions of life more than do men.

Expression of an emotion that the person does not really feel is called facial feedback.

The amygdala appears to be responsible for evaluating sensory information and determining its emotional importance.

Many psychologists believe that there are primary emotions that are universal and biologically based. Which of the following would NOT be considered one of these primary emotions in Western theories of emotion?

Research on gender differences in emotional expressiveness indicates that:

People who have an internal locus of control tend to believe that they are responsible for what happens to them, that they control their own destiny.

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for emotional regulation.

The cerebral cortex generates a more complete picture of a person or situation and can override signals sent by the amygdala.

People trying to hide their real emotions use different groups of muscles than are used when feeling the authentic emotion.

Across cultures, people generally have difficulty recognizing body movements from another culture that express high status or low status, tension and relaxation.

Suzi and her boyfriend, Clint, both see marriage in their future. Unfortunately, they are not in agreement regarding the timing of the event. Whether they are getting married in one year or three years is of great emotional importance to both of them. Suzi tends to express these matters to others, whereas Clint tends to suppress his feelings. It is likely that: