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- 1. Multiple Choice
You are aware that a dog is viciously barking at you, but you are not aware of the type of dog. Later, you are able to describe the type and color of the dog. This ability to process information without conscious awareness best exemplifies which of the following?
Split brain
Blindsight
Consciousness
Cognitive neuroscience
Dual processing
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at ahigh level of arousallow level of arousalbaseline statelevel of self-actualization
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe "fight or flight" response involves activation of the __________ nervous system.sympatheticparasympatheticsomaticcentral
- 4. Multiple ChoiceResearcher who found that emotional responses of participants injected with epinephrine depended upon their interpretation of the situation they were placed in.William JamesHans SelyeStanley SchachterAncel Keys
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTheory of emotion that suggests physical arousal and emotional experience arise simultaneously.Yerkes-DodsonJames-LangeCannon-BardTwo-Factor
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these is not a primary emotion?FearDisgustLonelinessAnger - 7. Multiple ChoiceThe six universal emotions specified that inherited facial patterns of expression areworried, sadness, anger, resentment, disgust and fearhappiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust and fearhappiness, excitemetn, anger, sadness and fearconfusion, happiness, sadness, anger, fear and disgust
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn which of the following situations would you perform best with lower levels of arousal?A task you could do easilyA task that you watch others performA task that you find difficultA task for which you have motivation
- 9. Multiple Choice
Involves communication through body language, movements, and gestures.
facial feedback hypthesis
Paralanguage
Nonverbal communication
display rules
- 10. Multiple Choice
_____________ theories of emotion propose that how we make judgements about events leads to emotional reactions.
Cognitive
Language
Emotional Intelligence
Appraisal
- 11. Multiple Choice
There is strong evidence for universal recognition of a least 6 basic emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happyness, sadness and ___________.
hatred
envy
surprise
shame
- 12. Multiple Choice
. The part of the brain that seems to influence emotion is the ________________.
thalamus
pons
amygdala
thyroid gland
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which sequence of events in emotional responses is characteristic of the James-Lange theory of emotion?
stimulus --> emotion --> physiological changes
stimulus --> physiological changes --> emotion
physiological changes --> stimulus --> emotion
stimulus --> emotion AND physiological changes (simultaneous)
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which statement reflects the core idea of the facial feedback hypothesis?
Men do not express emotion via the face.
Facial features have no connection with emotion.
Information from facial muscles intensifies emotional experiences.
When one facial expression occurs, we quickly register its opposite on the face.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceChildren who are blind from birth can produce the appropriate facial expressions for any given situation without ever having witness those expressions on others. This strongly supports which idea?Emotional expressions have their basis in biology rather than in learning.Emotional expressions have their basis in learning rather than in biology.There is not enough information to support either assertion.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThis theory suggests that physical arousal led to the labeling of the emotion. For example, “I am nervous because my stomach is fluttering”.James-Lange Theory of EmotionCannon-Bard Theory of EmotionCognitive Arousal Theory of EmotionCognitive-Mediational Theory of Emotion
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis theory suggests that because sensory information that comes into the brain is sent simultaneously to both the cortex and the organs of the sympathetic nervous system, fear and the body’s reactions are experienced at the same time.Cannon-Bard Theory of EmotionJames-Lange Theory of EmotionCognitive Arousal Theory of EmotionCognitive-Mediational Theory of Emotion
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis theory suggests there must be physical arousal and a labeling of that arousal for emotion to occur. For example, if a person comes across a snarling dog while taking a walk, the physical arousal (heart racing, wide eyes) is accompanied by the thought (cognition) that this is fear.Cognitive Arousal Theory of EmotionJames-Lange Theory of EmotionCannon-Bard Theory of EmotionCognitive-Mediational Theory of Emotion
- 19. Multiple Choice"Lie detector test" that measures SNS activity. Wrong 33% of the time.Guilty Knowledge TestPolygraphType A-Type B IndicatorHolmes-Rahe Stress Scale
- 20. Multiple ChoiceProposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.Alfred KinseyMasters & JohnsonAbraham MaslowPaul Ekman
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements is the core concept of Maslow?Individuals who fail to reach self actualization feel a sense of failurelevel 1 is the need for safety and securitymen are more concerned with safety than womenphysiological needs must be met before an individual can attain self-actualization
- 22. Multiple ChoiceBrief, involuntary facial expressions that last only fractions of second; believed to be possible tool in lie detectionfacial feedbackmicroexpressionsalarm reactionbiofeedback
- 23. Multiple ChoiceSimply forcing oneself to smile (or frown) leads to increased happiness (or anger).BiofeedbackFacial feedbackSpillover effectOptimal arousal
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is one of the stages of the sexual response cycle described by Masters and Johnson?
Plateau
Refractory
Attraction
Compensation
Bingeing
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the best biological explanation for why the human body stores fat?
Fat signals affluence and social status.
Fat is a fuel reserve during periods when food is scarce.
Fat is a display of abundant food sources.
Fat keeps the body warm in winter climates.
Fat combats the global epidemic of diabetes.
- 26. Multiple Choice
The stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from the
parasympathetic nervous system
hippocampus
tend-and-befriend response
adrenal glands
hypothalamus
- 27. Multiple Choice
When hearing emotions conveyed in another language, people most readily detect
sadness
happiness
anger
fear
surprise
- 28. Multiple Choice
After an alarming event, your temperature, blood pressure, and respiration are high, and you have an outpouring of hormones. Hans Selye would most likely guess that you are in which general adaptation syndrome phase?
Exhaustion
Resistance
Immobilization
Collapse
Shock
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