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Inducing experimental subjects to smile led them to report ________ feelings. |
more-positive |
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Darwin's, as well as Ekman's, research supports the theory that ________ are universal. |
facial expressions |
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According to Solomon and Corbit's theory of emotions, after you have experienced an intense fear as a result of a robbery attempt you will experience: |
relief |
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The James-Lange theory of emotion asserts that our emotions are: |
based on our interpretations of bodily responses |
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You wake up at 3:00 in the morning. Your heart is racing, and you are disoriented; you feel afraid. As your head clears you realize that you are in your own bed in a new apartment. Your fear turns to relief. This shows that: |
cognitive appraisal of the environmental situation is important to the labeling of emotions |
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If we act cheerfully, smile, and laugh even when we feel down, there is a good chance that we will: |
actually feel happier as a result |
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Stressors such as ________ have been shown to reduce immunocompetence by suppressing the activity of the lympocytes. |
isolation exposure to loud noise death of a spouse |
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When compared to Type A people, Type B people tend to be more: |
relaxed, easy going, and not driven to achieve perfection |
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The ________ theory of emotion offers an explanation for the "addictive" nature of risky hobbies such as skydiving and mountain climbing. |
opponent-process |
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What is the major problem with the research into the relationship between stress and cancer proneness? |
The research is correlational, thus no decisions as to cause and effect can be made |
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Stress affects the immune system by: |
suppressing it, causing the body to become more vulnerable to disease |
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The GAS consists of three stages: an alarm reaction, a resistance stage, and a/an: |
exhaustion stage |
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Which is not true of stress reactions? |
The sequence of cognitive reactions to stress is the same for most people |
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Data that show that people who are placed into the exact same physiological state fail to experience the same emotion provide evidence against which theory of emotion? |
James-Lange |
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Sally has a family history of hypertension, and when exposed to stress, her blood pressure is higher than the norms for a particular task. Her condition suggests that: |
hypertension might be inherited |
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Cannon and Bard believed that emotional arousal and behavior action occurred: |
simultaneously |
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Type A men when compared to Type B men have been shown to be: |
more expressive of aggression and hostile |
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Your friend asks you to explain where emotions come from; you tell him that emotions result from a stimulus that simultaneously triggers an impulse in the brain as well as a physiological arousal. Which theory of emotions have you just described? |
Cannon-Bard |
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If a person ran from a fire for fear of an explosion, what component of emotion is represented by the person's running away? |
Behavioral |
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According to Solomon-Corbit's opponent-process theory why would a women experience depression after the birth of her child? |
Homeostasis is maintaining a balance in her emotions and therefore is experiencing the hedonic opposite of happiness |