Quiz 12 "Emotions, Stress, and Health"

A response to an immediate danger is __.

Fear

An increase in the startle reflex is an operational definition of __.

Anxiety

A vague sense that something bad might happen is __.

Anxiety

The part of the nervous system that controls the functioning of the internal organs is the __ nervous system.

Autonomic

The hormone released by the adrenal cortex which enhances metabolism and increases the supply of sugar to the cells is called __.

Cortisol

Another way of coping with stress in which a person regulates his or her emotional reaction is called __ -focused coping.

Emotion

According to psychologists, emotion consists of all of the following except __.

It consists of all of these

The branch of psychology that studies how behavior influences health is __ psychology.

Health

The ability to perceive, imagine, and understand emotions is called emotional __.

Intelligence

The theory of emotion that states that a person's interpretation of a stimulus causes the autonomic changes associated with the emotion is called the __ theory.

James-Lange

The term "emotion" originally meant turbulent __.

Motion

A profound result of severe stress marked by prolonged anxiety and depression is called a __ illness.

PTSD

An instrument that records several indications of the sympathetic ANS is called a __.

Polygraph

__ psychology studies the features that enrich life, such as happiness, etc.

Positive

A way of coping with stress in which a person does something to improve the situation is called __ -focused coping.

Problem

The theory that physiological intensity determines emotional intensity, but cognitive appraisal determines emotional type is __.

Schacter-Singer

A quick, automatic response that follows a sudden loud noise is called the __.

Startle reflex

A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it is referred to as __.

Stress

The subdivision of the nervous system in #3 that arouses the body for vigorous action is called the __ nervous system.

Sympathetic

A self-evaluation of one's life as pleasant, interesting, satisfying, and meaningful is referred to as subjective __.

Well-being