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Okami Chapter 11 Practice Test
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Okami Chapter 11 Practice Test
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These psychological states are typically less intense than emotions, but may pervade a persons life for days, weeks, months, or possibly even years at a time.
affects
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feelings
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moods
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arousals
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According to Damasio (1994), after Elliot suffered damage to a circuit between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, and his emotional experiences were blocked from consciousness, Elliots decision making
became more rational and efficient
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led to a promotion at work
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became dysfunctional and unintelligent
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stayed relatively the same as before his injury
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Which of the following descriptions of ideal affect describes the dimension known as activation?
Bob enjoys stamp collecting because he likes the colors of the stamps.
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Emily enjoys action movies mainly because they are exciting and stimulating.
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Mary hardly every calls her parents for fear that they might intrude on her happiness.
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Jackson prefers to listen to music that matches his mood.
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In certain cultures or subcultures, one is expected to express grief at funerals of loved ones by wailing, weeping, and pounding the coffin. The cultural standards for such behavior are called
emotion schemas
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facial recognition
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display rules
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activation displays
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Cognitive psychologists have determined that telling a lie is demanding such that it increases a persons
perception threshold
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just-noticeable difference
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cognitive load
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affective reasoning
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This early theory of emotion asserts that we are happy because we are smiling, sad because we are crying, and frightened because our hearts are racing and our palms are sweating.
James-Lange theory
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Cannon-Bard theory
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two-factor theory
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cognitive appraisal theory
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This theory of emotion asserts that when some sort of emotion-laden event is perceived, the sensory impulses are relayed to the thalamus first. The thalamus in turn stimulates both the autonomic nervous system and the cerebral cortex at about the same time.
James-Lange theory
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Cannon-Bard theory
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two-factor theory
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cognitive appraisal theory
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The main weakness of both the James-Lange theory and Cannon-Bard theory of emotion is that neither theory addressed
the implicit memory that we have for emotional situations
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the input of the emotional environment on our well-being
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the cognitive activity that must take place to experience an emotion
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the nature of the emotional response in terms of motivation
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This direct pathway from this area of the brain to the amygdala accounts for the fact that we can respond instantly with fear to the appearance of potentially threatening visual or auditory stimuli.
corpus callosum
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hypothalamus
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thalamus
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prefrontal cortex
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The human fear response is regulated by two pathways, one of which runs to the cerebral cortex. This pathway is
highly sensitive to fear-provoking stimuli
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highly specific so that it responds to only certain fear-provoking stimuli
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often hijacked by the activity in the thalamus
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only sensitive to visual fear-provoking stimuli
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Studies of spinal injury patients, substance abusers, victims of terrorism, and married couples reported that the best way to deal with the anger associated with study participants experiences was for the victims to
punch a pillow while thinking about the object of their anger
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forgive the person that caused their anger
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rehearse the confrontation that resulted from the incident
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ruminate about the sources of the anger until catharsis was complete
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When psychologists refer to happiness, they are talking about
specific instances of intense joy
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the basic emotion of enjoyment
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general fulfillment and well-being
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the prospect of attaining eternal joy
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All of the following statements support the idea that money does not necessarily translate into happiness, EXCEPT:
Residents of poor nations like Nigeria and El Salvador report high levels of happiness.
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All nations whose inhabitants report the least happiness are also among the poorest.
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There is very little difference in happiness ratings for Americans earning $100,000 annually compared with people who earn $50,000 annually.
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Though the United States GDP has grown substantially since 1950, happiness ratings have not changed.
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Psychologist Ed Diener has found that income is related to happiness primarily in terms of a persons
emotional well-being
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social psychological prosperity
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standard of living
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respect in the community
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Over our lifetimes, the level of happiness we experience tends to
be fixed from birth
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vary around a set point, similar to our baseline body weight
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vary wildly, especially during later life
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decrease as we enter old age
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In general, our biological and psychological stress-response mechanisms are most adaptive for handling
chronic stress
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psychological stress
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acute stress
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transient stress
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In the alarm phase of the GAS model of stress responses, the activity of this autonomic system is suppressed.
sympathetic nervous system
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parasympathetic nervous system
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reticular activation system
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anterior cingulate cortex
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In terms of physiology, the third phase of the GAS, exhaustion, results from the fact that the prolonged stress event has
disrupted the metabolism of cortisol
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increased the level of oxytocin in the brain
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depleted energy stores and compromised homeostasis
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depleted psychological resources for coping
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Just as specific hormones characterize the experience of fight-or-flight, this hormone is the mechanism governing tend-and-befriend.
oxytocin
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cortisol
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adrenaline
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estrogen
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Scientists working in this field study the effects of stress and other psychological variables on the weakening of immune resistance and resultant illnesses.
health psychology
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psychoneuroimmunology
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pathological psychology
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neuropsychology
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In a longitudinal study involving 12,000 healthy male volunteers, those facing chronic work and marital stressors were 30 percent more likely to die of this disease than men who did not experience chronic stress.
coronary heart disease
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congestive heart failure
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lung cancer
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diabetes
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The psychological disorder most commonly associated with stress is
generalized anxiety
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panic disorder
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major depression
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bipolar depression
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Research shows that people are more likely to experience pain relief from placebo pills if they believe that the pills are
actually pain-relief tablets
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very expensive
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not related to pain relief
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likely to increase pain
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Optimists tend to see bad events as resulting from causes that are
external, temporary, and catastrophic
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internal, permanent, and surmountable
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external, permanent, and catastrophic
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external, temporary, and surmountable
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Religious affiliation as a coping strategy for stress is most related to which other coping strategy listed below?
social support
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optimistic style
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owning a pet
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aerobic exercise
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Religious affiliation as a coping strategy for stress is most related to which other coping strategy listed below?
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optimistic style
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owning a pet
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