Intro to Psychology Chapter 9 (Psychology in Every Day Life)
Richard Lazarus
________ conceded that people's brains process and react to vast amounts of information without their conscious awareness
homeostasis
________ is the tendency to maintain a balanced internal state, regulating any aspect of body chemistry around a particular level
lonely
________ people tend to spend more time social networking
glucose
_________ is the major resource of energy. it is also known as "blood sugar"
facial feedback effect
___________ is the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness
amygdala
identify an emotion-control center of the brain
self-actualization
in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, _________ comes after Esteem needs
angry
in a crowd of faces, researchers have found that people are quickest to detect an _________ face
relatively low arousal is best
performance on tasks depends on arousal level as well as the type of task. For optimal performance on a difficult task:
guilty knowledge test
the ________ is an approach to lie detection, which assesses a suspect's physiological response to crime-scene details known only to police investigators
James-Lange theory
which theory suggests people would NOT experience intense anger unless they first notice their racing heart or other symptoms of physiological arousal?
women are far more likely than men to describe themselves as empathetic, surpass men in determining whether a male-female couple is genuinely romantic or not, surpass men at reading emotional cues
women appear to be more sensitive to nonverbal cues than men. What research supports this?
belongingness and love needs
Maia has plenty of food and lives in a nice house. now, she feels needs to find a lover or even a close friend or two with whom she can share her life. According to Abraham Maslow, what is motivating her?
carbs can help increase levels of serotonin, which can have calming effects
a friend is feeling very edgy about an upcoming test and is consuming large quantities of starchy, carb-laden foods. However, she is also surprised by how much of this type of food she is eating. What can explain here eating behavior
stress appraisal
a woman, alone in a house, ignores the creaking sounds she hears and experiences no stress. Another woman might hear the same sounds, suspect an intruder, and thus become alarmed. these different reactions illustrate the importance of:
disgust
according to Izard, there are 10 basic emotions that humans experience, and most of these are present during infancy. which is one of these basic emotions?
similar; 2/3
according to research done by Plomin and Stunkard, identical twins will have _________ weights, even when raised apart. this suggests that _________ of person-to-person body differences are explained by genes
see an oncoming car; heart pounds and, at the same time, the arousal is cognitively labeled: expressive fear
according to the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion, which is the correct sequence of events when a car drives directly toward a group and they experience emotion?
54
according to the text, in looking at 206 studies of discerning truth from lies, people were _________ percent accurate
narcissism
people who score high on ___________ are especially active on social networking sites
pounding heart, increased pace, sense of fear
emotion is a response that includes physiological arousal expressive behavior, and conscious experience. Which list describes these three components?
hypothalamus
orexin is an appetite hormone secreted by the:
drive-reduction theory
the idea that a physiological need creates an arousal state that motivates us to satisfy the need:
decreases; increases
the secretion of PYY __________ hunger and the secretion of orexin _________ hunger
arousal; calming
the sympathetic nervous system is to _______ as the parasympathetic nervous system is to _________