Exam 13: Emotion, Stress, and Health

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 polygraph is based on the assumption that a person who is guilty and fearful will have

Karen is has a close circle of friends and family members.Research indicates that,compared to a similar individual who has only a few casual friends,Karen is more likely to

In a study of athletes' reactions to placing second and third,third-place winners tended to be happier about their performance than those who came in second.

False smiles last ten seconds or more,whereas authentic smiles last only about two seconds.

There is little support for Darwin's evolutionary explanation that certain human facial expressions are "wired in."

Most people assume that success brings happiness and failure brings unhappiness.According to the Stoic philosophers of the first century A.D.-and modern psychologists-how you feel about your success or failure will often depend on

Give an example of someone having an internal locus of control and someone having an external locus of control.

What role does the amygdala play in regard to emotion?

In most people,the __________ appears to be specialized for the motivation to approach others.

After their home in Kansas 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 behavior is an example of

During the resistance phase of the general adaptation syndrome,the body attempts to cope with a stressor that persists over time.

As a general rule,people who exercise __________ than those who do not exercise.

__________ emotions include blends of emotion that vary from one culture to another and develop gradually with increasing cognitive maturity.

In order to get around the human ability to mask emotions and more clearly define facial expressions for particular emotions,Ekman and his associates

The _______________ produce(s)epinephrine and norepinephrine.

What are some problems with law enforcement agencies using polygraph machines to detect lies and deception? What other technologies are researchers trying to use to measure the physiological signs of lying?

Married couples who argue in a hostile fashion

The hormone oxytocin could be described as being involved in the ______________ response to stress.

According to Ekman's research on facial expressions