Question 1

Cross-cultural differences in emotional experience are MOST prominent concerning how individuals from different cultures

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A)   use facial cues to identify basic emotions
B)   experience autonomic arousal
C)   categorise or label specific emotions
D)   use cognitive appraisal of a situation to determine which emotion is being experiencedE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

One problem with the James-Lange theory of emotions, and the Cannon-Bard theory of emotions, is that both fail to consider the role of

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A)   physiological responses in the experience of emotions.
B)   expressive reactions in the experience of emotions.
C)   cognitive interpretations in the experience of emotions.
D)   the interaction between physiological responses and conscious experiences.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion,

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A)   the experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and your cognitive interpretation of that arousal.
B)   different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions.
C)   emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system.
D)   emotions develop because of their adaptive value.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

While walking down the street you are approached by a man with a gun who demands your money.According to the Schachter two-factor theory of emotion, you are most likely to conclude

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A)   it is all right to be afraid in this situation.
B)   since your heart is pounding in this dangerous situation, you must be afraid.
C)   your heart is pounding because you are afraid.
D)   you are afraid because your heart is pounding.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Evolutionary theory predicts that women should place more emphasis than men on all but which of the following partner characteristics?

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A)   ambition
B)   intelligence
C)   social status
D)   physical attractivenessE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

An internal state of tension that precedes behaviour designed to reduce that tension is referred to as a

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A)   fugue.
B)   drive.
C)   need.
D)   biostate.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 7

"General bodily arousal contributes to emotion, but one's interpretation of what is happening gives the specific emotion" is a proposition that would be made by

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A)   Ivan Pavlov.
B)   William James.
C)   Walter Cannon.
D)   Stanley Schachter.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following factors shows the WEAKEST relationship with happiness?

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A)   love and marriage
B)   money
C)   social activity
D)   healthE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

According to ____, one's conscious experience of emotion occurs after autonomic arousal.

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A)   Cannon-Bard theory
B)   James-Lange theory
C)   both Cannon-Bard and Schachter two-factor theories
D)   both James-Lange and Schachter two-factor theoriesE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Your textbook describes a number of approaches for explaining the experience of emotion.From this discussion, we can see that

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A)   psychology is empirical.
B)   psychology is theoretically diverse.
C)   psychology evolves in a socio-historical context.
D)   behaviour is determined by multiple causes.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

While ____ theories of motivation emphasise internal factors, ____ theories emphasise external factors.

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A)   drive; incentive
B)   incentive; drive
C)   biological; drive
D)   incentive; environmentalE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Laura is about to take her certification exam that will qualify her as a licensed therapist.As she enters the testing room she feels anxious and nervous.This reaction is part of the

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A)   physiological component in Laura's emotional experience.
B)   behavioural component in Laura's emotional experience.
C)   objective component in Laura's emotional experience.
D)   cognitive component in Laura's emotional experience.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

An individual's personal perception of his or her overall happiness and life satisfaction is referred to as

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A)   the cognitive component of their emotion.
B)   subjective well-being.
C)   a display rule.
D)   hedonic adaptation.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

When given a choice among various tasks, individuals with a high need for achievement will tend to choose the most difficult task, in order to maximise their feeling of achievement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A device that measures heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure (i.e.autonomic arousal)  is

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A)   a polygraph
B)   a galvanic response meter
C)   an electromyocardiograph
D)   an electroencephalographE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

The ____________________ theory of emotion argues that emotion occurs when the thalamus simultaneously sends signals to the cerebral cortex and to the autonomic nervous system.

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The answer of The ____________________ theory of emotion argues that...

Question 17

The correlation between physical attractiveness and happiness is

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A)   negative.
B)   moderately positive.
C)   strongly positive.
D)   negligible.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Walking in the forest, you see a bear.Your heart starts pounding, you run, and then you feel fear.This description best illustrates the ____ theory of emotion.

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A)   common sense
B)   Cannon-Bard
C)   James-Lange
D)   Schachter two-factorE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Victoria is extremely upset because she has been falsely accused of stealing money from her employer.Her lawyer has suggested that Victoria take a polygraph test to prove her innocence.She asks you whether she should agree to the test.Based on the research into the accuracy of polygraphs, you should tell Victoria that polygraphs

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A)   are extremely accurate, and if Victoria is truly innocent she will pass with no problem.
B)   only measure overall arousal levels and are not reliable indicators of whether or not people are lying.
C)   sometimes wrongly indicate that innocent people are guilty, but are 100% accurate in detecting guilt.
D)   sometimes wrongly indicate that guilty people are innocent, but are 100% accurate in detecting innocence.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Lee is about to take his driver's licence exam.As he enters the testing room he notices that he is feeling anxious.The physiological experience of his emotion reaction is MOST likely the result of the action of Lee's

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A)   medulla
B)   forebrain
C)   central nervous system
D)   autonomic nervous systemE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following factors shows the WEAKEST relationship with happiness?

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While theories of motivation emphasise internal factors, theories emphasise external factors.

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A device that measures heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure (i.e.autonomic arousal) is

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Evolutionary theory predicts that women should place more emphasis than men on all but which of the following partner characteristics?

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An internal state of tension that precedes behaviour designed to reduce that tension is referred to as a

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According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion,

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