Psychology Final Chapter 9

Front 1

Inducing experimental subjects to smile led them to report ________ feelings.

Back 1

more-positive

Front 2

Darwin's, as well as Ekman's, research supports the theory that ________ are universal.

Back 2

facial expressions

Front 3

According to Solomon and Corbit's theory of emotions, after you have experienced an intense fear as a result of a robbery attempt you will experience:

Back 3

relief

Front 4

The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that our emotions are:

Back 4

based on our interpretations of bodily responses

Front 5

You wake up at 3:00 in the morning. Your heart is racing, and you are disoriented; you feel afraid. As your head clears you realize that you are in your own bed in a new apartment. Your fear turns to relief. This shows that:

Back 5

cognitive appraisal of the environmental situation is important to the labeling of emotions

Front 6

If we act cheerfully, smile, and laugh even when we feel down, there is a good chance that we will:

Back 6

actually feel happier as a result

Front 7

Stressors such as ________ have been shown to reduce immunocompetence by suppressing the activity of the lympocytes.

Back 7

isolation

exposure to loud noise

death of a spouse

Front 8

When compared to Type A people, Type B people tend to be more:

Back 8

relaxed, easy going, and not driven to achieve perfection

Front 9

The ________ theory of emotion offers an explanation for the "addictive" nature of risky hobbies such as skydiving and mountain climbing.

Back 9

opponent-process

Front 10

What is the major problem with the research into the relationship between stress and cancer proneness?

Back 10

The research is correlational, thus no decisions as to cause and effect can be made

Front 11

Stress affects the immune system by:

Back 11

suppressing it, causing the body to become more vulnerable to disease

Front 12

The GAS consists of three stages: an alarm reaction, a resistance stage, and a/an:

Back 12

exhaustion stage

Front 13

Which is not true of stress reactions?

Back 13

The sequence of cognitive reactions to stress is the same for most people

Front 14

Data that show that people who are placed into the exact same physiological state fail to experience the same emotion provide evidence against which theory of emotion?

Back 14

James-Lange

Front 15

Sally has a family history of hypertension, and when exposed to stress, her blood pressure is higher than the norms for a particular task. Her condition suggests that:

Back 15

hypertension might be inherited

Front 16

Cannon and Bard believed that emotional arousal and behavior action occurred:

Back 16

simultaneously

Front 17

Type A men when compared to Type B men have been shown to be:

Back 17

more expressive of aggression and hostile

Front 18

Your friend asks you to explain where emotions come from; you tell him that emotions result from a stimulus that simultaneously triggers an impulse in the brain as well as a physiological arousal. Which theory of emotions have you just described?

Back 18

Cannon-Bard

Front 19

If a person ran from a fire for fear of an explosion, what component of emotion is represented by the person's running away?

Back 19

Behavioral

Front 20

According to Solomon-Corbit's opponent-process theory why would a women experience depression after the birth of her child?

Back 20

Homeostasis is maintaining a balance in her emotions and therefore is experiencing the hedonic opposite of happiness