Psych Chapter 12 Quiz 2
Antonio's car stalls in the middle of a railroad crossing just as a train is rapidly approaching. His emotional arousal is likely to be accompanied by
dilation of his pupils.
The most universally understood way of expressing emotion is through
facial expressions
If people wrinkle their noses in disgust when presented with a strange-looking food, they are likely to experience an increasingly intense emotional aversion to the food. This best illustrates the
facial feed back effect
Feigned smiles are initiated ________ abruptly and last for a ________ time than genuine smiles.
more; longer
The second phase of the general adaptation syndrome is characterized by
resistance
One person, alone in a house, dismisses its creaking sounds and experiences no stress; someone else suspects an intruder and becomes alarmed. These different reactions illustrate the importance of
stress appraisal
Aerobic exercise ________ the body's production of serotonin and ________ its production of the endorphins.
increases; increases
Who is the best example of a Type A personality?
Andre, a competitive, easily-angered journalist.
A celebrity actress experiences ever-increasing levels of professional acclaim following each successful movie role. Yet with each success, she experiences no more than a temporary surge of subjective well-being. This is best explained in terms of the
adaptation-level phenomenon.
People tend to use emotion-focused coping rather than problem-focused coping when they
believe they cannot change a stress situation
B lymphocytes are formed in the
bone marrow
An approach to lie detection that assesses a suspect's physiological response to details of a crime known only to police investigators is called the
guilty knowledge test
Exuberant infants and alert, energetic adults are especially likely to show high levels of brain activity in the
left frontal lobe
Which theory suggests that you would not experience intense anger unless you were first aware of your racing heart or other symptoms of physiological arousal?
the James-Lange theory
The arousal that lingers after an intense argument may intensify sexual passion. This best illustrates
the spillover effect