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| An __________ refers to the subjective reaction an individual has to an object, event, person, or memory. |
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| What is the relationship between the terms "mood" and "emotion?" |
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| Mood is part of an emotion, but emotion is not part of a mood |
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| 13-yr old Debbie is attempting to jump off of the high diving board for the very first time. Though she does not have a pathological fear of heights, the concept of jumping off of a ten-meter board is very stressful for her. As she walks to the edge of the board, her heart begins to pound and she gets goosebumps on her skin. These responses refer to the ________ component of an emotion. |
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| At a recent trip to a restaurant to share dinner with family members, Nelson started crying uncontrollably for no obvious reson. Nothing frightening had happened, there were no sad discussion topics and there were no events in Nelson's recent life that would have provoked such a reation. What conditions might explain Nelson's fit of tears? |
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| One of the symptoms of people who suffer from schizophrenia of the disorganized type is the experiencing of inappropriate emotions. For ezample, upon hearing a funny joke such a patient might get very sad, or upon learning of some very bad news such a patient might burst into laughter. Which disrder fo emotions does theis schizophrenic symptom resemble? |
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| The brain's remembered response to experiencing an emotion is the _________ experience of an emotion. |
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| William came home from work one night to find that his wife looked like she'd had a long day. Her face screamed "Im angry," and she was very quiet. When he asked her if anything was wrong, he got a short, terse "nothing." Which part of his wife's emotional component was speaking louder than her words? |
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| The universality hypothesis of ________ supposes that facial expressions are understood across all cultures. |
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| Although languages may differ from culture to culture, the universality hypothesis of Charles Darwin suggests that ______________________ are uniform across different cultures. |
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| What are the facts about the James-Lange theory of emotions is true? |
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| They didn't know each other, proposed the same theory at the same time. |
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| Which of the following book titles would be the most appropriate summary of the James-Lange theory? |
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| "Why laughing makes me happy!" |
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| Which of the following theories proposed that the physiological experience of an event can cause a person to experience an emotion? |
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| Emily is camping in the woods when suddenly her heart starts racing and her breathing increases. She isn't even aware that a bear has come out form behind a tree, but suddenly she begins feeling terror! Which theory of emotions suggests that our bodies' physiological chages can lead to the emotion of fear? |
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| According to the _________ theory of emotions, the mental and physiological componets of emotions happens simultaneously. |
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| Emily is camping in the woods when suddenly a bear comes out from behind a tree. At the same time as she becomes aware of how terrified she is her face takes on a mask of fear, and her heart begins to race as she gets ready to run away. Which theory of emotions explains how the different components of emotions can happen simultaneously? |
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| Which of the following researchers collaborated in the development of their theory of emotions? |
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| William James and Carl Lange |
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| Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer developed a theory of emotions that suggested there are _____ different factors that contribute to emotions we experience. |
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| Which of the following is not one of the three distinct parts of an emotion? |
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a. physiological arousal
b. cognitive experience
c. mood experience
d. expressive behavior |
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| The Schachter and Singer two-factor theory states the ___________ evaluation happens alongside a person's physiological arousal to create the emotion he or she experiences. |
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| If you were to place your best friend in the middle of a dark room and then turn on the lights, his or her reaction might depend on what they saw. If they saw a knife-wielding killer coming at them, they might label this as threatening and experience fear. If they saw 20 best friends throwing confetti and yelling "Happy Birthday," they might label this as happy and then experiene joy. The need to assess our surrouondings before knowing what kind of emotion to feel is the basis of the _________ theory of emotions. |
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| Schachter and Singer two-factor |
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| A past experience of a stimulus can cause an __________ effect, wherein the familiarity of the stimulus primes us to react in a certain way. |
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| The theorist who suggested that prior experiences of a stimulus can cause an exposure effect that primes us to react in a certain way to that stimulus in the future was _________. |
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| The part of the limbic system that is essential for unconscious emotional responses is the ___________. |
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| According to the __________-appraisal theory of Richard Lazarus, if a person notices a particular physiological response, that person has to decide what it means before he or she can feel an emotion. |
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| In the movie "Speed," the characters played by Sandra Bullock (Annie) and Keanu Reaves (Jack) go through some very intense action, after which they find themselves ready to share a passionate kiss. Before that kiss happens, however, Annie says "Relationships that start under intense circumstances never work." In psychological terms, she is referencing the phenomenon of ______________ which means we can inncorrectly assign meaning to an emotion because of physiological responses or changes that we experience. |
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