Question 1

One of the universal sources of anger is the discovery of a spouse in a sexual relationship with another person.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Current approaches to the physiology of stress have found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  most of Selye's ideas about the general adaptation syndrome were incorrect because the biological changes are not adaptive in the short run. 
B)  when you are under stress, the parasympathetic division of the nervous system becomes activated for a "fight or flight" response. 
C)  one result of HPA activation is decreased energy, leading a person to become lethargic and apathetic. 
D)  when you are under stress, your brain's hypothalamus sends messages to the endocrine glands along two major pathways. 
A)  most of Selye's ideas about the general adaptation syndrome were incorrect because the biological changes are not adaptive in the short run. 
B)  when you are under stress, the parasympathetic division of the nervous system becomes activated for a "fight or flight" response. 
C)  one result of HPA activation is decreased energy, leading a person to become lethargic and apathetic. 
D)  when you are under stress, your brain's hypothalamus sends messages to the endocrine glands along two major pathways.

Question 3

Regarding the textbook's discussion of the benefits and limits of control, the authors seem to make the suggestion that optimal health may require:

Accepted Answer

A)  an unrealistic confidence in one's ability to overcome life's setbacks. 
B)  absolute primary control. 
C)  a combination of primary and secondary control and knowing when each is appropriate to the situation. 
D)  absolute secondary control. 
A)  an unrealistic confidence in one's ability to overcome life's setbacks. 
B)  absolute primary control. 
C)  a combination of primary and secondary control and knowing when each is appropriate to the situation. 
D)  absolute secondary control.

Question 4

People who are lonely have poorer immune function than people who are not lonely.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When the handwritten autobiographies of 180 Catholic nuns were studied, the researchers found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the nuns that had a higher standard of living throughout adulthood lived, on average, nine years longer than those with lower standards of living. 
B)  cheerfulness, contentment, and gratitude cause a person to live a longer and healthier life. 
C)  22-year-old nuns expressing positive emotions, on average, lived nine years longer than nuns with the fewest positive feelings at age 22. 
D)  there were no correlations between autobiographies written at the age of 22 and longevity. 
A)  the nuns that had a higher standard of living throughout adulthood lived, on average, nine years longer than those with lower standards of living. 
B)  cheerfulness, contentment, and gratitude cause a person to live a longer and healthier life. 
C)  22-year-old nuns expressing positive emotions, on average, lived nine years longer than nuns with the fewest positive feelings at age 22. 
D)  there were no correlations between autobiographies written at the age of 22 and longevity.

Question 6

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the parts of the nervous system that deal with emotionally important sensory information?

Accepted Answer

A)  cortex, autonomic nervous system, amygdala, thalamus 
B)  autonomic nervous system, cortex, amygdala, thalamus 
C)  thalamus, amygdala, cortex, autonomic nervous system 
D)  amygdala, thalamus, cortex, autonomic nervous system 
A)  cortex, autonomic nervous system, amygdala, thalamus 
B)  autonomic nervous system, cortex, amygdala, thalamus 
C)  thalamus, amygdala, cortex, autonomic nervous system 
D)  amygdala, thalamus, cortex, autonomic nervous system

Question 7

Some emotions, such as shame and guilt, depend almost entirely on the maturation of higher cognitive processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an effective way of coping with stress?

Accepted Answer

A)  finding a support group 
B)  relying on friends 
C)  helping others 
D)  buying a cat 
A)  finding a support group 
B)  relying on friends 
C)  helping others 
D)  buying a cat

Question 9

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Innocent people may react to the polygraph because they are nervous about the procedure. 
B)  Most psychologists lobby enthusiastically on behalf of the polygraph. 
C)  Most psychologists view the polygraph as invalid. 
D)  Practised liars can beat the polygraph machine by tensing muscles during the neutral questions. 
A)  Innocent people may react to the polygraph because they are nervous about the procedure. 
B)  Most psychologists lobby enthusiastically on behalf of the polygraph. 
C)  Most psychologists view the polygraph as invalid. 
D)  Practised liars can beat the polygraph machine by tensing muscles during the neutral questions.

Question 10

Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense, blood pressure rises, and digestion shuts down. According to Hans Selye, she is in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  resistance phase. 
B)  exhaustion phase. 
C)  chronic stress phase. 
D)  alarm phase. 
A)  resistance phase. 
B)  exhaustion phase. 
C)  chronic stress phase. 
D)  alarm phase.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

When people from different cultures are talking, a mismatch of body languages will make their conversation seem out of sync.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Darwin argued that facial expressions of emotion are:

Accepted Answer

A)  biologically irrelevant. 
B)  learned. 
C)  maladaptive. 
D)  innate. 
A)  biologically irrelevant. 
B)  learned. 
C)  maladaptive. 
D)  innate.

Question 14

Comparing emotion to a tree is useful because it highlights the three major components of emotion, namely:

Accepted Answer

A)  physiology, cognitive processes, and culture. 
B)  gender, cognitive processes, and culture. 
C)  gender, physiology, and cognitive processes. 
D)  gender, physiology, and culture. 
A)  physiology, cognitive processes, and culture. 
B)  gender, cognitive processes, and culture. 
C)  gender, physiology, and cognitive processes. 
D)  gender, physiology, and culture.

Question 15

Human faces have nearly 80 muscles, enabling us to portray a multitude of human emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The villain in Shakespeare's Henry VI said, "Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile; and cry content to that which grieves my heart; and wet my cheeks with artificial tears, and frame my face to all occasions." What difficulty does this reveal in the study of human emotional expression?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 17

Describe the research in which babies were placed on an ambiguous visual cliff. What did this research reveal about emotion?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 18

Define "mood contagion" and give a personal example explaining when you noticed mood contagion occurring in your own life.

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 19

Learning deep-breathing techniques to reduce anxiety about having been victimized by a crime is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Cultural psychologists who oppose the primary/secondary model of emotion point out that:

Accepted Answer

A)  there is no aspect of any emotion that is not influenced by culture. 
B)  gender needs to be included in these models because men and women experience different kinds of emotions. 
C)  a model based on positive emotions and negative emotions would be more accurate in explaining multicultural research findings on emotion. 
D)  tertiary emotions need to be included because primary and secondary emotions are inadequate in explaining the multitude of cultural varieties of emotion. 
A)  there is no aspect of any emotion that is not influenced by culture. 
B)  gender needs to be included in these models because men and women experience different kinds of emotions. 
C)  a model based on positive emotions and negative emotions would be more accurate in explaining multicultural research findings on emotion. 
D)  tertiary emotions need to be included because primary and secondary emotions are inadequate in explaining the multitude of cultural varieties of emotion.

One of the universal sources of anger is the discovery of a spouse in a sexual relationship with another person.

Current approaches to the physiology of stress have found that:

Regarding the textbook's discussion of the benefits and limits of control, the authors seem to make the suggestion that optimal health may require:

People who are lonely have poorer immune function than people who are not lonely.

When the handwritten autobiographies of 180 Catholic nuns were studied, the researchers found that:

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the parts of the nervous system that deal with emotionally important sensory information?

Some emotions, such as shame and guilt, depend almost entirely on the maturation of higher cognitive processes.

Which of the following is NOT an effective way of coping with stress?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense, blood pressure rises, and digestion shuts down. According to Hans Selye, she is in the:

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

When people from different cultures are talking, a mismatch of body languages will make their conversation seem out of sync.

Darwin argued that facial expressions of emotion are:

Comparing emotion to a tree is useful because it highlights the three major components of emotion, namely:

Human faces have nearly 80 muscles, enabling us to portray a multitude of human emotions.

The villain in Shakespeare's Henry VI said, "Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile; and cry content to that which grieves my heart; and wet my cheeks with artificial tears, and frame my face to all occasions." What difficulty does this reveal in the study of human emotional expression?

Describe the research in which babies were placed on an ambiguous visual cliff. What did this research reveal about emotion?

Define "mood contagion" and give a personal example explaining when you noticed mood contagion occurring in your own life.

Learning deep-breathing techniques to reduce anxiety about having been victimized by a crime is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Cultural psychologists who oppose the primary/secondary model of emotion point out that:

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Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

One of the universal sources of anger is the discovery of a spouse in a sexual relationship with another person.

Current approaches to the physiology of stress have found that:

Regarding the textbook's discussion of the benefits and limits of control, the authors seem to make the suggestion that optimal health may require:

People who are lonely have poorer immune function than people who are not lonely.

When the handwritten autobiographies of 180 Catholic nuns were studied, the researchers found that:

Which of the following is the correct sequence of the parts of the nervous system that deal with emotionally important sensory information?

Some emotions, such as shame and guilt, depend almost entirely on the maturation of higher cognitive processes.

Which of the following is NOT an effective way of coping with stress?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense, blood pressure rises, and digestion shuts down. According to Hans Selye, she is in the:

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

When people from different cultures are talking, a mismatch of body languages will make their conversation seem out of sync.

Darwin argued that facial expressions of emotion are:

Comparing emotion to a tree is useful because it highlights the three major components of emotion, namely:

Human faces have nearly 80 muscles, enabling us to portray a multitude of human emotions.

The villain in Shakespeare's Henry VI said, "Why, I can smile, and murder while I smile; and cry content to that which grieves my heart; and wet my cheeks with artificial tears, and frame my face to all occasions." What difficulty does this reveal in the study of human emotional expression?

Describe the research in which babies were placed on an ambiguous visual cliff. What did this research reveal about emotion?

Define "mood contagion" and give a personal example explaining when you noticed mood contagion occurring in your own life.

Learning deep-breathing techniques to reduce anxiety about having been victimized by a crime is an example of emotion-focused coping.

Cultural psychologists who oppose the primary/secondary model of emotion point out that:

What Is Psychology

How Psychologists Do Research

Genes, Evolution, and Environment

The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Conditioning

Behaviour in Social and Cultural Context

Thinking and Intelligence

Memory

Motivation

Development Over the Life Span

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Filters