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
