Question 1

Emotions consist of which of the following components?

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A)   physiological reactions
B)   behavioral expressions
C)   conscious feelings
D)   all of these components

Question 2

The idea that an emotion-arousing stimulus is simultaneously routed to the cortex and to the sympathetic nervous system is central to the

Accepted Answer

A)   James-Lange theory.
B)   relative deprivation principle.
C)   two-factor theory.
D)   Cannon-Bard theory.

Question 3

Noticing that his heart was pounding and that his palms were sweaty while he was taking a difficult test, Harley concluded that he was "anxious." Noticing that his heart was pounding and that his palms were sweaty when an attractive lady asked him to dance, Harley concluded that he was "falling in love." The differing emotions experienced by Harley can best be explained by the

Accepted Answer

A)   relative deprivation principle.
B)   James-Lange theory.
C)   two-factor theory.
D)   catharsis hypothesis.

Question 4

The parasympathetic nervous system is to the sympathetic nervous system as ________ is to ________.

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A)   raising of blood sugar; lowering of blood sugar
B)   inhibition of digestion; activation of digestion
C)   contraction of pupils; dilation of pupils
D)   increasing blood pressure; decreasing blood pressure

Question 5

A polygraph examination of a suspected murderer included an assessment of his reaction to a detailed description of the victim's clothing and death wounds-details that would be known only to a person at the scene of the crime. The investigators were using the

Accepted Answer

A)   catharsis hypothesis.
B)   facial feedback effect.
C)   guilty knowledge test.
D)   adaptation-level phenomenon.

Question 6

In one experiment, college men were injected with epinephrine before spending time with either a joyful or an irritated person. The results of this experiment support the idea that

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A)   some emotions can be experienced apart from cognition.
B)   there are subtle but distinct physiological differences among the emotions.
C)   our experience of emotion depends on how we interpret the body's arousal.
D)   happiness is largely a function of experience.

Question 7

Which of the following most accurately describes emotional arousal?

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A)   Emotions prepare the body to fight or flee.
B)   Emotions are voluntary reactions to emotion-arousing stimuli.
C)   Because all emotions have the same physiological basis, emotions are primarily psychological events.
D)   Emotional arousal is always accompanied by cognition.

Question 8

Which theory of emotion implies that every emotion is associated with a unique physiological reaction?

Accepted Answer

A)   James-Lange theory
B)   Cannon-Bard theory
C)   two-factor theory
D)   Zajonc's theory

Question 9

The guilty knowledge test is typically used to

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A)   evaluate a criminal's mental health.
B)   assess a suspect's responses to details of a crime.
C)   screen potential employees for possible past misdeeds.
D)   determine the frequency with which an individual lies.

Question 10

Tranquilizing drugs that inhibit sympathetic nervous system activity often effectively reduce people's subjective experience of intense anger or anxiety. Use one of the major theories of emotion to account for the emotion-reducing effects of such tranquilizers. Which theory of emotion would have the greatest difficulty explaining these effects? Why?

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The answer of Tranquilizing drugs that inhibit sympathetic nervous system...

Question 11

In an experiment to test the spillover effect, college men were injected with epinephrine prior to spending time with an experimenter's accomplice who acted either euphoric or irritated. Which individuals in this experiment were LEAST likely to experience the emotion demonstrated by the experimenter's accomplice?

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A)   those who were led to think the injection would produce no physiological arousal
B)   those who were promised a large sum of money for participating in the experiment
C)   those who were told that the injection would cause them to become physiologically aroused
D)   those who were asked to run in place after receiving the injection

Question 12

As her professor distributed the mathematics test to the class, Blair's heart started to pound and her palms began to sweat. These physiological reactions were activated by her ________ nervous system.

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A)   sympathetic
B)   central
C)   somatic
D)   parasympathetic

Question 13

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system

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A)   increases respiration and increases salivation.
B)   increases respiration and decreases salivation.
C)   decreases respiration and decreases salivation.
D)   decreases respiration and increases salivation.

Question 14

According to the Cannon-Bard theory, the body's arousal is related to the sympathetic nervous system in the same way that subjective awareness of emotion is related to the

Accepted Answer

A)   cortex.
B)   hypothalamus.
C)   thalamus.
D)   parasympathetic nervous system.

Question 15

Thaddeus will play a violin solo at his school tomorrow. His musical performance is likely to be ________ if his physiological arousal during the performance is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   best; very low
B)   worst; moderate
C)   best; very high
D)   best; moderate

Question 16

(Thinking Critically)  Law enforcement officials sometimes use a lie detector to assess a suspect's responses to details of the crime believed to be known only to the perpetrator. This is known as the

Accepted Answer

A)   inductive approach.
B)   deductive approach.
C)   guilty knowledge test.
D)   screening examination.

Question 17

Without any conscious effort, your ________ prepares you to fight or flee from dangerous situations.

Accepted Answer

A)   hippocampus
B)   frontal cortex
C)   autonomic nervous system
D)   spinal cord

Question 18

The instantaneous and automatic fear response we experience when unexpectedly stumbling upon a snake illustrates the importance of the

Accepted Answer

A)   amygdala.
B)   hypothalamus.
C)   pituitary gland.
D)   hippocampus.

Question 19

The spillover effect is best explained in terms of the

Accepted Answer

A)   relative deprivation principle.
B)   catharsis hypothesis.
C)   adaptation-level phenomenon.
D)   two-factor theory.

Question 20

According to the ________, you would be able to experience emotion even without sympathetic nervous system arousal.

Accepted Answer

A)   Cannon-Bard theory
B)   James-Lange theory
C)   two-factor theory
D)   catharsis hypothesis

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In one experiment, college men were injected with epinephrine before spending time with either a joyful or an irritated person. The results of this experiment support the idea that

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Which theory of emotion implies that every emotion is associated with a unique physiological reaction?

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