Question 1

When one-year-old Olivia is placed on an ambiguous visual cliff, she looks at her mom's reassuring face. Olivia is most likely to:

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A)   begin crying.
B)   lift her arms to be held.
C)   cross the cliff.
D)   smile back at her mom but refuse to cross.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is more hazardous to health than a heavy work load?

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A)   frequent irritability
B)   cynical anger
C)   a highly reactive response to challenge
D)   a sense of time urgencyE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Older people who have dogs as pets tend to visit medical clinics less often than their peers who have no pets.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Although the ________ makes the first decision about sensory information coming from the thalamus, the ________ can override that decision based on more complete information.

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A)   cerebral cortex; amygdala
B)   thalamus; amygdala
C)   amygdala; thalamus
D)   amygdala; cerebral cortexE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Maria has worked as a file clerk for 17 years. Which aspect of the job is likely to be most stressful for her?

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A)   daily demands from her boss
B)   speed of the work
C)   attention to many details
D)   feeling trappedE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

People with a Type A personality are determined to achieve.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Most psychologists lobby enthusiastically on behalf of the polygraph.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Recognition of emotional expression primarily occurs in the right hemisphere of the brain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the key stress hormones released by the adrenal glands?

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A)   cortisol
B)   epinephrine
C)   norepinephrine
D)   melatoninE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is a primary emotion?

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A)   love
B)   hate
C)   anger
D)   anxietyE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Our facial expressions help us communicate with others, but they also help us identify our own emotions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Innocent people may react to the polygraph because they are nervous about the procedure.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

An effective way to deal with negative emotions is to:

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A)   suppress them.
B)   confess them to someone else.
C)   continue to think about them until they decrease.
D)   write them on a piece of paper and then burn up the paper.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

In people with serious illnesses, humour reduces distress and improves immune functioning.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

________ is an effort to accept reality by changing your own attitudes, goals, or emotions.

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A)   Emotion-focused coping
B)   Secondary control
C)   Primary control
D)   Locus of controlE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Many components of emotional experience are specifically localized in the brain. What have researchers learned about emotion and the brain?

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Question 17

Display rules involve social/cultural guidelines that regulate when, how, and where a person may express emotion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Human faces have 42 muscles, enabling us to portray a multitude of human emotions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Briefly describe the cultural rules for displaying emotion at a wedding in Japan.

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Question 20

In Chapter 9 (Thinking and Intelligence), we learned that a prototype is an especially representative example of a concept. For example, an apple is more prototypical of a fruit than is a pomegranate. Integrate information on primary emotions with your knowledge of prototypes.

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Exam 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Recognition of emotional expression primarily occurs in the right hemisphere of the brain.

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Our facial expressions help us communicate with others, but they also help us identify our own emotions.

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In Chapter 9 (Thinking and Intelligence), we learned that a prototype is an especially representative example of a concept. For example, an apple is more prototypical of a fruit than is a pomegranate. Integrate information on primary emotions with your knowledge of prototypes.

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People with a Type A personality are determined to achieve.

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Maria has worked as a file clerk for 17 years. Which aspect of the job is likely to be most stressful for her?

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Human faces have 42 muscles, enabling us to portray a multitude of human emotions.

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Older people who have dogs as pets tend to visit medical clinics less often than their peers who have no pets.

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________ is an effort to accept reality by changing your own attitudes, goals, or emotions.

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Most psychologists lobby enthusiastically on behalf of the polygraph.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the key stress hormones released by the adrenal glands?

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Briefly describe the cultural rules for displaying emotion at a wedding in Japan.

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Display rules involve social/cultural guidelines that regulate when, how, and where a person may express emotion.

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When one-year-old Olivia is placed on an ambiguous visual cliff, she looks at her mom's reassuring face. Olivia is most likely to:

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In people with serious illnesses, humour reduces distress and improves immune functioning.

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Which of the following is a primary emotion?

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Many components of emotional experience are specifically localized in the brain. What have researchers learned about emotion and the brain?

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Innocent people may react to the polygraph because they are nervous about the procedure.

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Which of the following is more hazardous to health than a heavy work load?

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An effective way to deal with negative emotions is to:

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Although the ________ makes the first decision about sensory information coming from the thalamus, the ________ can override that decision based on more complete information.

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