Unit 7 AP Psychology

Caleb, a server at Wings and Rings restaurant, is in the middle of the dinner rush. He is completing orders, serving customers, and seating new guests. He has adapted to this level of stress and is coping. Which of the following terms identifies a stage in Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome that Caleb is currently experiencing?

Resistance

The above graph is associated with what theory of motivation?

Yerkes-Dodson law of arousal

achievement motivation

A desire for significant accomplishment, for mastery of skills or ideas, for control, and for attaining a high standard

Griffin was out for his usual morning run when he was approached by a group of thieves who demanded his wallet. He immediately felt an increase in his breathing and heart rate. Griffin is most likely in the stage of Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome known as

Alarm

A complex pattern of organized, unlearned behavior, such as an infant's rooting reflex, that is species-specific is called

An instinct

Researchers have discovered that people most readily identify which emotion, when given images of faces with a variety of facial expressions?

Anger

Zach asked Abby out on a date and he suggested to her two possible date options—to go to the zoo or to go to a comedy club. Abby is feeling a little stressed about making the decision because she likes the zoo and comedy club. Which of the following conflicts was Abby experiencing?

Approach-approach

Jack, a server, began his workday in a horrible mood. However, by the end of the day, he felt much happier. According to the facial feedback hypothesis, what may have influenced Jack's mood?

Because it is his job to be courteous to customers, Jack smiled at passengers frequently.

Which of the following situations describes an approach-avoidance conflict?

Caroline must decide whether to buy a used car that is out of her price range but has zero mechanical issues

Charlie and Dale are both experiencing different feelings about their first date tonight. Dale has had horrible dates recently, and so he feels fear and dejection. Charlie recently has had very good dates, and so she feels excited and happy. According to Richard Lazarus' appraisal theory,

Charlie and Dale have an immediate unconscious interpretation of the scenario, which leads them to simultaneously both label their feelings as either positive or negative and have the appropriate physiological response

After school, Sarah and her friends complain they are super hungry. They go to Sarah's home and open her refrigerator to look for a snack. Which of the following is a theory of motivation that best explains their behavior?

Drive Reduction

Which of the following theories on motivation argues that physiological needs create aroused psychological states that cause us to try to satisfy those needs?

Drive theory

Sarah is experiencing low blood-glucose level. She would be best advised to do which of the following?

Eat a snack

_______ is/are the main female sex hormone(s).

Estrogen

narcissism

Excessive self-love and self-absorption

According to the James-Lange theory, which of the following immediately comes before an emotion?

Experience of physiological changes and arousal

asexual

Having no sexual attraction to others

Blake is described as a hostile person with a type-A personality. He is most at risk for developing which of the following?

Heart disease

refractory period

In human sexuality, a resting period that occurs after orgasm, during which a person cannot achieve another orgasm

One night Samar became frightened when she was startled by a noise while walking down the street alone. Which theory of emotion would say that her fear resulted from the startle response alone?

James-Lange

Which of the following is an example of the feel-good, do-good phenomenon?

Niko is praised by his teacher and later volunteers to help his mother clean the garage.

The graph above supports which of the following statements?

Optimal performance is a function of task difficulty and level of arousal.

Mel went bungee jumping. As soon as she finished, a handsome man helped her get down and out of the harness. Mel's heart was beating quickly and her hands were sweating. Mel inferred that she must be attracted to him. Which of the following is a theory of emotion that would best explain the relationship between Mel's physiological state and her apparent attraction?

Schachter two-factor

Teddy was given a drug that produced general arousal, she was placed in a room with a happy person and she described her emotional state as happy. Owen was given the same drug and placed in a room with an angry person and described his emotional state as angry. Which theory of emotion best explains these results?

Schachter-Singer

For most of her life, Tyana has been overweight. Not long after going on a diet and losing over 30 pounds, Tyana gained back nearly all the weight. Which of the following concepts best explains Tyana's experience?

Set-point theory

Drive reduction as a motivational concept is best exemplified by which of the following?

The injection of meth by an addict to avoid withdrawal symptoms

Mike has a brain tumor that has resulted in him become obese. Where is the brain tumor most likely located?

area of the hypothalamus

Seligman's positive psychology seeks to

enable people to flourish.

According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the need to have respect for ourselves and to be valued by others is classified within the category of

esteem needs

Molly was laid off from her office ob six months ago and hasn't been able to find a new one. The money from her long hours as a temporary secretary barely covers her bills. She recently has started to have cold and flu symptoms and has become depressed. Molly is most likely in the stage of Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome known as

exhaustion

Incentive theories of motivation explain the desire of people to achieve goals in terms of

external stimuli that have the capacity to affect behavior

Leptin, a protein that causes hunger when its levels are low, is secreted by

fat cells

affiliation need

the need to build relationships and feel part of a group

Peyton sits by herself most days at lunch because her friends are refusing to speak to her. Her friends are demonstrating

ostracism

The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion states that

physiological response and emotion occur independently and simultaneously

The research of Masters and Johnson found that in the sexual response cycle

resolution is the final phase of the cycle.

sexual response cycle

the four stages of sexual responding: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution

Riley is hiking at Yellowstone National Park and hears some movement in the trees. She immediately freezes up. After a few minutes, after she realizes the noise she heard was the trees rustling in the wind, she calms down. According to Joseph LeDoux, Riley's reaction is due to

there is a fast processing path that sends sensory information directly to the amygdala, causing Riley's initial fear response, and a slower processing path that processes the content of sensory information first, which overrode Riley's fear response