Exam 12: Motivation and Work

Hans Selye referred to the body's response to stress as

The fact that facial expressions of emotion tend to intensify the experience of emotion serves to support the

Research has demonstrated that as a predictor of health and longevity, religious involvement

Hakim has terminal cancer. He reacts to the stress of his condition by feeling grateful for his life and accepting his oncoming death. His response best illustrates

When experimenters have implanted tumor cells into rodents, those exposed to ________ were more prone to cancer.

Evidence that emotion precedes physiological arousal would be most inconsistent with the ________. Evidence that emotion precedes mentally labeling our physiological arousal would be most inconsistent with the ________.

T lymphocytes are formed in the

B lymphocytes are formed in the

A graph depicting the course of positive emotions over the hours of the day since waking would

You were happy with your grade of B on the psychology test until you learned that almost everyone else in the class received an A. This illustrates that happiness is influenced by

Elderly nursing home residents tend to decline faster and die sooner than they would otherwise if they lack

Resistance to stress is greatest during ________ of the GAS.

The governments of Egypt and Tunisia succumbed to popular uprisings in the 2011 aftermath of citizens' declining

Although newspapers reported that a murder victim had been stabbed with a knife, two police investigators knew that the actual murder weapon was a letter opener. While carefully monitoring the changes in heart rate and perspiration level of a prime suspect, the investigators asked him if he typically used a letter opener on his mail. The investigators were making use of the

Compared with the unmarried, people in low-conflict marriages are more likely to

Vanessa alleviated some of the stress associated with the death of her husband by becoming more actively engaged in her work. Her response best illustrates

Two-thirds of Americans responding to surveys taken in the three weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks reported

As you are waiting to be interviewed for a job, your heart rate, body temperature, and breathing rate begin to increase. These physiological changes are produced by activation of the ________ nervous system.

A wage increase of $1000 is more likely to improve the subjective well-being of low- income workers than of middle-income executives. This illustrates the importance of

The feel-good, do-good phenomenon refers to the fact that when people feel happy they