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Chapter 12: Emotions, Stress, and Health
What a Rush!
Let’s Get Physical
Show Your Feelings
Stressed Out?
What Can I Do?
1. The belief that emotions are
experienced following physical
responses is the:
• A) the two-factor theory.
• B) the Cannon-Bard theory.
• C) the James-Lange theory.
• D) self-efficacy theory.
2. The idea that an emotion-arousing
stimulus simultaneously triggers
physiological response and the
subjective experience of emotion is:
• A) the James-Lange theory.
• B) the Cannon-Bard theory.
• C) the two-factor theory.
• D) the three-factor theory.
3. The two-factor theory of emotion
differs from the James-Lange and the
Cannon-Bard in that:
• A) physiological arousal is not always
necessary.
• B) emotional experience precedes
physiological arousal.
• C) physiological arousal and emotional
experience occur simultaneously.
• D) a cognitive label precedes
emotional experience.
4. When aroused, your heart rate
increases, your pupils dilate, and you
may sweat, indicating activation of the
part of your nervous system called:
• A) the amygdala.
• B) the sympathetic nervous system.
• C) the parasympathetic nervous
system.
• D) the peripheral nervous system.
5. A professional tennis player will
usually perform better when:
• A) arousal is high.
• B) arousal is low.
• C) competition is easy.
• D) he/she is more relaxed.
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6. A polygraph is an instrument that
detects:
• A) lying.
• B) guilt and lies.
• C) physical responses.
• D) truth.
7. Polygraph exams are not used to
determine guilt or innocence in court
because:
• A) they are too expensive.
• B) people do not give consent.
• C) polygraphs are fakery.
• D) 1/3 of innocent people are found guilty.
8. The expression, “Arousal fuels
emotion, cognition channels it,” is a
summation of:
• A) the Schachter and Singer
experiment.
• B) the Cannon-Bard theory.
• C) the James-Lange theory.
• D) how polygraphs work.
9. When you are faced with a threatening
stimulus, there is a “shortcut” neural pathway
to allow a speedy emotional response, and it
runs from the:
• A) hypothalamus to the amygdala.
• B) amygdala to the cerebral cortex.
• C) hypothalamus to the medulla.
• D) thalamus to the amygdala.
10. The amygdala sends more
neural impulses to the cerebral
cortex than it receives, resulting in:
• A) emotions occurring before thoughts.
• B) our feelings more easily ruling our
thoughts.
• C) some people becoming very anxious.
• D) confusion about what we are
feeling.
11. People abused as children are more
prone to interpret expressions in others as
anger, giving evidence that:
• A) abuse leads to heightened anger.
• B) abuse results in fearful people.
• C) prior experience can sensitize us
to certain emotions.
• D) early childhood experiences
cripple us for life.
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12. Emotionally, women surpass
men in their ability to:
• A) read people’s emotional cues.
• B) spot lying.
• C) tell whether two people are really
in love.
• D) all of the above.
13. The ____ is more effective
than a polygraph machine:
• A) guilty knowledge test
• B) larcenous reaction test
• C) standard neuro-scan
• D) innocence scale
14. When traveling around the world,
facial expressions:
• A) differ with each culture.
• B) are universal across cultures.
• C) are similar among races.
• D) differ when comparing
Western with Eastern cultures.
15. When Steven held a pen in his teeth, the
comic strip seemed funnier to him. This is
explained by the:
• A) grin and bear it theory.
• B) facial drift theory.
• C) behavior feedback phenomenon.
• D) acting “as if” phenomenon.
16. Whether we experience stress
depends upon:
• A) the situation.
• B) how life threatening it is.
• C) our cognitive appraisal.
• D) whether others are involved.
17. The two-track stress response
system involves the cerebral cortex
and the _____.
• A) sympathetic nervous system
• B) peripheral nervous system
• C) heart and lungs
• D) corpus collosum
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18. According to Selye’s general adaptation
syndrome, we are most likely to become ill
as the result of stress during the ___ phase.
• A) alarm
• B) resistance
• C) exhaustion
• D) recovery
19. Stress is related to the leading
cause of death in the U.S., which is:
• A) cancer.
• B) coronary heart disease.
• C) suicide.
• D) stroke.
20. Research suggests that those with
Type A personality could reduce their risk
of heart disease if they would:
• A) drink more alcohol.
• B) sleep more.
• C) let their anger out on a punching
bag.
• D) let go of their anger.
21. Being a pessimist:
• A) can increase your level of
stress.
• B) can shorten your life.
• C) can raise your blood
pressure.
• D) all of the above.
22. Mary has been suffering from the
“blues.” Your recommendation is that
she first try:
• A) electric shock.
• B) aerobic exercise.
• C) Prozac.
• D) psychoanalysis.
23. With regard to the
effectiveness of biofeedback:
• A) biofeedback is the most effective method
for alleviating stress-related illnesses.
• B) biofeedback is as effective as relaxation.
• C) biofeedback is ineffective for alleviating
stress.
• D) biofeedback is a modern snake oil and
only works because of a placebo effect.
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24. When alternative medicine
approaches, such as acupuncture, are
scientifically tested, results:
• A) are never as good as they promise.
• B) can be quite convincing.
• C) are explained as placebo effects.
• D) cannot be replicated in the
laboratory.
25. Regular religious attendance is a positive
predictor of a longer life span. Researchers
have identified three factors that explain this,
including all of the following, except:
• A) healthier life styles.
• B) social support networks.
• C) relaxed meditative style.
• D) faith healing.