Deck 8: Web Quiz 2

Question 1

After a night out with your friends,you come home to find an intruder in your apartment.According to the James-Lange theory of emotion,what is most likely to be your FIRST response?

A)You experience nausea.
B)Your mind makes up a detailed scenario of an imaginary conversation with the intruder.
C)Your heart rate increases and your muscles tense.
D)You experience amnesia.

Answer 1

Your heart rate increases and your muscles tense.

Question 2

Which statement about polygraph tests is FALSE?

A)It is only possible for trained people to beat these tests.
B)Its results are based entirely on an individual's physiological response to stress.
C)Increasing the sensitivity of the test increases the likelihood that it will incorrectly report that someone is lying.
D)They are the most reliable instruments for detecting when a person is lying.

Answer 2

They are the most reliable instruments for detecting when a person is lying.

Question 3

Which structure(s)in the brain has been associated with eliciting a response of fear in humans?

A)the basal ganglia
B)the hippocampus
C)the amygdala
D)the hypothalamus

Answer 3

the amygdala

Question 4

One reason why the Cannon-Bard theory was proposed as an alternative to the James-Lange theory was that there:

A)was a need to account for bodily activity.
B)was no need to account for bodily activity.
C)are not enough unique patterns of bodily activity to account for all emotions.
D)are not enough emotions to account for all the unique patterns of bodily activity.

Question 5

Remis was upset about the bad grade he got in his first psychology exam.Because he had another test to take that day and did not want his unhappiness to affect that test,Remis thought about all the good grades he had received before in order to make himself feel positive.This example illustrates:

A)the terror management theory.
B)the approach-avoidance conflict.
C)the two-factor theory.
D)emotion regulation.

Question 6

A group of researchers discovered a tribe of people in a South American jungle.The tribe had never been exposed to the outside world before.The researchers initially greeted the tribe with a smile.They believe that emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone.In this case,to which belief do these researchers subscribe?

A)the universality hypothesis
B)the two-factor theory
C)the hedonic principle
D)the drive-reduction theory

Question 7

Professor Aguillera is enraged that a student is texting on his cell phone in class.He really wants to scream at the student.But keeping his upcoming teaching evaluations in mind,Professor Aguillera casually looks at the student and tells him to put the phone away.Which display rule for emotional expression does this example illustrate?

A)intensification
B)deintensification
C)happiness
D)neutralizing

Question 8

Schachter-Singer's two-factor theory suggests that emotions are the result of:

A)a physiological arousal without interpretation by the brain.
B)brain activity without physiological arousal.
C)your brain trying to make sense of your body's physiological response to a situation.
D)your body's physiological response to emotional signals sent from your brain.

Question 9

During the stages of sex,the physiological responses experienced by women:

A)are greater than those experienced by men.
B)are similar to those experienced by men.
C)occur in a different sequence than they do for men.
D)are weaker than those experienced by men.

Question 10

Studying hard for an exam to get good grades and a scholarship is an example of:

A)extrinsic motivation.
B)intrinsic motivation.
C)homeostasis.
D)emotion regulation.

Question 11

Stacy gets stressed easily.When she does get stressed,she eats an entire carton of ice cream,gobbles up a bag of potato chips,and drinks a 2-liter bottle of soda.She then forces herself to vomit so that she does not absorb all those calories.Stacy is MOST likely suffering from:

A)bulimia nervosa.
B)anorexia nervosa.
C)obesity.
D)ghrelin deficiency syndrome.

Question 12

As a task becomes more difficult,the motivation for engaging in the task becomes more:

A)extrinsic.
B)intrinsic.
C)general.
D)specific.

Question 13

Emotions can be distinguished based on their _____,which is how positive or negative the experience is,and their _____,which is how active or passive the experience is.

A)valence;arousal
B)arousal;activity
C)motivation;drive
D)arousal;motivation

Question 14

When presented with a stimulus,the brain processes the information in two pathways: the "fast pathway" goes from the thalamus to the _____,while the "slow pathway" goes from the thalamus to the _____.

A)amygdala;cortex and then the amygdala
B)cortex;amygdala directly
C)amygdala;retina and then the frontal lobe
D)cortex;retina

Question 15

The _____ receives the signal for hunger.

A)thalamus
B)hippocampus
C)hypothalamus
D)cerebellum