Exam 9: Emotion

Generalized anxiety disorder is the subjective experience of anxiety coupled with the somatic markers for anxiety. This can be identified as a disorder and not normal anxiety when ________.

Which of the following statements appropriately describes cognitive impairments in individuals with major depressive disorder?

Which of the following is true regarding the James Lange Theory of emotion?

An individual whose levels of compassion, empathy and guilt appear to be significantly lower than those of the general population is known as a(n)________.

Which of the following is an actual problem with taking anxiolytics, such as Valium or Librium?

People who display deficits in varying their pitch and expression during speech because of damage to their right hemisphere are said to have…

Depression can be distinguished from simple sadness by its ________.

What is the name for a device that measures the amount of pitch variance in a person's speech?

Emotional states can produce…

Ohman and Mineka suggest that certain phobias (i.e. snakes) are common cross-culturally because…

Which of the following statements regarding research about psychopathy is False?

Nicole is from Rwanda and recently experienced the horror of a violent civil war. She has now been living in Canada for a year and continues to suffer from nightmares about the war and uncontrollable flashbacks. Whenever there is coverage of war on television, she immediately changes the channel. Which of the following would appropriately diagnose Nicole?

Researcher Ekman suggested that for an emotional state to be considered as basic it must exhibit seven elements. Which one of the following was not considered a basic element?

Which of the following is not an attribute of the Magda Arnold's Appraisal Theory?

What are somatic markers?

Which of the following drugs is historically the drug of choice for treating the manic portion of bipolar disorder?

Which of the following is not a symptom of Kluver-Bucy syndrome?

What is the term for a strong tendency to react to every visual stimulus?

Which of the following is false regarding polygraph tests?

What does an emotional state refer to?