8B- Emotions, Stress, and Health

Question 0

The theory that conscious awareness comes first, them physiological trimmings; this theory is not always the case

Answer 0

Common sense theory

Question 1

A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience

Answer 1

Emotion

Question 2

The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

Answer 2

James-Lange theory

Question 3

The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion

Answer 3

Cannon-Bard theory

Question 4

The Schacter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal at the same time

Answer 4

Two-factor theory

Question 5

The part of the automatic nervous system that does the arousing

Answer 5

Sympathetic nervous system

Question 6

The part of the automatic nervous system that does the calming

Answer 6

Parasympathetic nervous system

Question 7

__________ arousal is ideal

Answer 7

Moderate

Question 8

An experiment that measured physiological response to different emotions by placing different individuals into different rooms to watch different types of movies while being monitored for their physiological response

Answer 8

Different movie experiment

Question 9

______ activity for those watching fearful faces in the amygdala than watching angry faces

Answer 9

More

Question 10

Depression prone people show _____ right brain frontal lobe activity than those who do not suffer from depression

Answer 10

More

Question 11

Positive moods can be seen with _____ frontal lobe activity

Answer 11

Left

Question 12

Small cluster of neurons that lights up when people experience natural or drug-induced pleasure; when electrically stimulated, it produces happiness

Answer 12

Nucleus accumbens

Question 13

Commonly used to detect lies; measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion

Answer 13

Polygraph

Question 14

When an aroused response to one event spills over into our response to the next event

Answer 14

Spillover effect

Question 15

_____ fuels emotions, ____ channels it

Answer 15

Arousal; cognition

Question 16

Activated muscles under the eyes and raised cheeks suggest a natural smile

Answer 16

Duchenne smile

Question 17

______ tend to be more sensitive to the nonverbal communication of others

Answer 17

Women

Question 18

Happiness, anger, surprise, fear, sadness, and disgust

Answer 18

Emotions with universal expressions

Question 19

The effect of facial expressions on experienced emotions, as when a facial expression of anger or happiness intensifies feelings of anger or happiness

Answer 19

Facial feedback

Question 20

Activates the sympathetic nervous system

Answer 20

Fear

Question 21

Nerves that leave the ______ control heartrate, attention, sweating, and stress hormones

Answer 21

Amygdala

Question 22

Especially likely to feel ____ when a loved ones’ or friends’ misdeeds seem willful, unjustifiable, and avoidable

Answer 22

Angry

Question 23

Emotional release; maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

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Catharsis

Question 24

Expressing anger can ____ anger

Answer 24

Increase

Question 25

People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

Answer 25

Feel-good, do-good phenomenon

Question 26

Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life

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Well-being

Question 27

Our tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience

Answer 27

Adaptation-level phenomenon

Question 28

The perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves

Answer 28

Relative deprivation

Question 30

High self esteem, optimistic, outgoing, and aggressive, close friendships or satisfying marriage, work and leisure engage skills, meaningful religious faith, and sleep well and exercise

Answer 30

Predictors of happiness

Question 31

people who are psychologists who are involved in behavior medicine

Answer 31

healthy psychology

Question 32

integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

Answer 32

behavioral medicine

Question 33

process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we appraise as threatening or challenging

Answer 33

stress

Question 34

concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in 3 phases: (1) Alarm, (2) resistance, (3) exhaustion

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general adaptive syndrome (GAS)

Question 35

mobilize resources

Answer 35

alarm phase

Question 36

cope with the stressor

Answer 36

resistance phase

Question 37

body's reserves are depleted

Answer 37

exhaustion phase

Question 38

unpredictable large-scale events that nearly everyone appraises as threatening

Answer 38

catastrophes

Question 39

significant personal life change, ie death of a loved one, job loss, leaving home, marriage, or divorce

Answer 39

significant life changes

Question 40

everyday annoyances, ie rush-hour traffic, long lines, too much to do, email spam, etc

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daily hassel

Question 41

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle

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coronary heart disease

Question 42

Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

Answer 42

Type A

Question 43

Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people

Answer 43

Type B

Question 44

"mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness

Answer 44

psychophysiological illness

Question 45

the study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health

Answer 45

psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

Question 46

the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system

Answer 46

lymphocytes

Question 47

form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections

Answer 47

B lymphocyte

Question 48

form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances

Answer 48

T lymphocyte

Question 49

alleviating stress

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coping

Question 50

attempting to alleviate stress directly- by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

Answer 50

problem-focused coping

Question 51

attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction

Answer 51

emotion-focused coping

Question 52

affects how we physcially handle stress

Answer 52

explanatory style

Question 53

have more control over stressors, cope better with stressful events, have better moods, and have a stronger immune system

Answer 53

optimistic style

Question 54

sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety; can elevate mood and well-being

Answer 54

aerobic exercise