Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Samantha jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus. What brain structure played a key role in Samantha's swift reaction?

Define internal locus of control and external locus of control.

HPA activation is crucial for short-term responses to stress.

A person with damage to the prefrontal cortex may have constant feelings of impending doom.

Why is it that when you are wildly in love, you may not want to eat?

The ________ quickly assesses danger or threat.

Name the seven facial expressions of emotion that have distinctive physiological patterns and corresponding facial expressions.

Paul Ekman and his colleagues gathered abundant evidence supporting the universality of ________ basic facial expressions of emotion.

There are some problems that cannot be solved, but we can change the way we think about the problem. What coping method is being used when a person says, "Well, I may have lost my accounting job, but I always did want a chance to work with people, and now I can find a job that allows me to do that"?

Whitney says that her goal in graduate school is to specialize in PNI. What does Whitney intend to study?

Match the definitions with the appropriate terms. -Emotions that develop with cognitive maturity and vary across individuals and cultures.

The risk factor of the Type A personality, in regard to heart disease, is high reactiveness to stress and to challenge.

Lauren jumps with fear as she feels a hand on her shoulder while walking on a deserted path across campus. Her fear evaporates when she hears her boyfriend's voice saying, "What are you doing out so late, Lauren?" What brain structure played a key role when Lauren's fear evaporated?

The ________ is responsible for quickly assessing danger or threat.

The HPA axis is a system activated to:

If cortisol and other stress hormones remain high too long, they can cause all of the following EXCEPT:

When a person is under stress, the brain's hypothalamus sends messages to the ________ along two major pathways.

Which of the following is a type of white blood cell?

When a person is asked to contort her facial muscles into patterns associated with happiness, her perception of her current mood becomes more positive.

What qualities of Type A behaviour are most likely to be associated with illness? Describe the findings of the longitudinal study in which individuals were tested as young medical students, and then were retested 25 years later in order to determine risk factors.