We often engage in ______________ behaviors because doing so makes us feel good.
1. instinctual
2. emotional
3. motivated
Which of the following would not be expected to be observed in someone in a heightened emotional
state?
1. Slowed heart beat
2. Increased respiration rate
3. Increased levels of blood sugar
4. Dilated pupils
Tina is completely disgusted by the smell of sulfur that is floating in the air. As her sympathetic nervous
system is activated, her __________ gland begins to secrete norepinephrine and epinephrine.
1. thyroid
2. pituitary
3. pineal
4. adrenal
Imagine walking out of your home to find a hungry, snarling bear. According to the ___________ theory
of emotion, your experience of fear will occur at the same time as your increased physiological arousal.
1. James-Lange
2. Schachter-Singer
3. Cannon-Bard
Which theory of emotion would be most consistent with the statement, “We feel sadness because we
cry”?
1. Schachter-Singer
2. Cannon-Bard
3. James-Lange
Which theory of emotion would be most consistent with the observation that the physiological arousal
associated with happiness and sadness are similar and that the situation in which each occurs helps
ultimately determine our specific emotional experience?
1. Schachter-Singer
2. Cannon-Bard
3. James-Lange
If each emotion was associated with a distinct pattern of physiological arousal, then the __________
theory of emotion would be supported.
1. James-Lange
2. Cannon-Bard
3. Schachter-Singer
Which of the following is sometimes included among the basic emotions?
1. Happiness
2. Anger
3. Disgust
4. Contempt _____________ are largely cognitive appraisals of arousal.
1. Excitation transfer
2. Secondary emotions
3. Fundamental emotions
Gladness and distress are secondary emotions that differ primarily in their __________.
1. valence
2. excitation transfer
3. intensity
The cognitive appraisal involved in our experience of secondary emotions relies on activity within the
______________.
1. medulla
2. frontal lobe
3. cerebellum
Communicating emotion through alterations in the tone of voice would be an example of
______________.
1. body appearance
2. gestures
3. proxemics
4. paralanguage
We may communicate our frustration or anger with someone by the use of ______________ such as
presenting our middle finger.
1. gestures
2. facial expressions
3. paralanguage
4. proxemics
Megan seems to be able to navigate her way through the daily stresses of life without being negatively
impacted by them. Psychologists would suggest that Megan has a high degree of _____________.
1. self-efficacy
2. hardiness
3. optimism
According to some research, women are more likely to engage in __________________ responses when
faced with stress.
1. rest-and-restore
2. tend-and-befriend
3. fight-or-flight
Generally, as people amass more wealth:
1. They report that they need more wealth to achieve happiness.
2. They report higher levels of happiness and satisfaction.
3. They report feeling as if they have reached their goal and feel a sense of contentment. One of the reasons that people are inaccurate at affective forecasting relates to the tendency to
____________ emotional reactions to events that might occur in the future. 1. suppress
2. underestimate
3. overestimate
Positive reinforcement is a _____________________ used in operant conditioning to change an
individual’s behavior.
1. intrinsic motivator
2. goal
3. extrinsic motivator
When the body temperature rises, then we begin to sweat in order to restore normal temperature. This
represents an example of a mechanism to maintain ________________.
1. hardiness
2. self-efficacy
3. homeostasis
When the stomach is empty, it secretes _______________ which will trigger increases in food intake.
1. orexin
2. leptin
3. ghrelin
Maxine goes to an all-you-can eat buffet with her friends and she makes several trips through the food
line and loads her plate each time. Her friends are amazed that she can eat so much and stay so thin. Later
that evening, Maxine forces herself to vomit and uses laxatives to try to rid her body of the food she’s
eaten. It’s likely that Maxine could be diagnosed with ________________.
1. obesity
2. anorexia nervosa
3. bulimia nervosa
_______________________ is sometimes defined by facial symmetry and lack of observable defects.
1. Similarity
2. Proximity
3. Attractiveness
Someone who identifies as exclusively homosexual would be assigned a Kinsey score of ___.
1. 3
2. 6
3. 0
