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1. An emotion is a feeling made up of:
 anger, fear, sadness, or happiness
having a subjective feeling & objectively learned behavioral responses
appraising a stimulus, having a subjective feeling, physiological responses,
& overt behavior
facial expressions which convey social signals , social needs & physiological
responses
2. Theories of emotions tend to fit into two categories. What are the names of the categories?
peripheral theories and central theories
central theories and social learning theories
peripheral theories and cognitive appraisal theories
behavioral theories and cognitive appraisal theories
3. Peripheral is to _______ as cognitive appraisal is to ______.
brain; emotion
learning; innate
side; interpretation
physiological; interpretation
4. The sequence of components for emotion according to the James-Lange peripheral theory is:
physiological changes, interpretation of changes, emotional feeling,
overt behavior
facial muscles change, interpretation of changes, overt behavior,
emotional feeling
emotional feeling, physiological changes, interpretation of changes,
overt behavior
physiological changes, overt behavior, interpret cues, emotional feeling
5. The peripheral facial feedback theory emphasizes the ______ component of emotion.
active
cognitive
behavioral
physiological
6. According to the research on peripheral theories, physiological changes may _____ the intensity of emotional experiences; but, they don't cause emotion.
mask
increase
decrease
stabilize
7. The sequence of components for emotion according to the cognitive- appraisal theory of emotion is:
stimulus, interpret, bodily response, emotional feeling
stimulus, interpret, emotional feeling, bodily response
stimulus, emotional feeling, interpret, bodily response
stimulus, emotional feeling, bodily response, interpret
8. According to the affective neuroscience approach, which of the following is not among the four unique qualities of emotions?
Emotions may not respond to reasoning.
Some emotions are hard wired in the brain.
Emotions are expressed in stereotypic ways.
Emotions are not influenced by one’s culture.
Emotions have enormous influence on many cognitive processes.
9. Of the following, which lists the correct order of an infant’s development of facial expressions?
fear, happiness, angry, disgust
disgust, happiness, angry, fear
happiness, fear, angry, disgust
angry, fear, disgust, happiness
10. Which of these statements is not correct in regard to universal facial expression?
infants around 5 to 7 months show fear
anger is a biologically determined universal emotion
infants develop facial expressions in an unpredictable sequence
happiness is expressed the same way in Western & primitive cultures
11. The relationship between emotional arousal and performance on a task is explained by the:
Schacter-Singer law
James-Lange theory
Yerkes-Dodson law
Darwinian law of survival
12. According to the adaptation level theory, money cannot buy happiness because:
we are greedy
we adapt to continuous satisfaction
we find it difficult to put a price tag on happiness
most of us cannot afford to buy those things that create true happiness
13. The new concept of emotional intelligence includes all of the following except:
perceiving emotions accurately
managing emotions in oneself and others
taking feelings into account when reasoning
excluding emotions when making crucial decisions
14. _________ accompanies all emotion.
cognitive arousal
behavioral arousal
physiological arousal
none of these!
15. Which part of the brain is the emotional detector & emotional memorizer?
thalamus
amygdala
visual cortex
hippocampus
16. The research indicates that while the James-Lange theory seems incorrect, physiological changes may:
cause emotions
cause positive emotions
increase the intensity of emotions
decrease the intensity of emotions
17. Charles Darwin was the originator of the explanation of emotion currently known as:
cognitive theory
behavioral theory
James-Lange theory
facial feedback theory
18. Schachter & Singer’s theory emphasizes the _______ component of emotion.
active
cognitive
behavioral
physiological
19. The primary cause of emotions according to the cognitive appraisal theory is:
how we interpret a situation
our degree of physiological arousal
the extent of change in facial muscles & skin
how the brain interprets physiological changes
20. When noticing an unemotional stimulus, what is the pathway of neural activity?
eyes, thalamus, amygdala
eyes, visual cortex, thalamus
eyes, amygdala, visual cortex
eyes, thalamus, visual cortex
21. “Look over there. It’s a snake,” your friend yells as the two of you are hiking. What is the pathway of neural activity?
eyes, thalamus, amygdala
eyes, visual cortex, thalamus
eyes, amygdala, visual cortex
eyes, thalamus, visual cortex
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General Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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 Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;
To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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