Emotions and Stress (Unit 9 & 10)

Question 1

To experience emotion, one must:
1. Be ______ aroused
2. Show an _____ _____
3. Be _______ of the experience/______ that occurs

Answer 1

1. Physically
2. Expressive Behavior
3. Conscious; Emotion

Question 2

The emotional release:

Answer 2

Catharsis

Question 3

Suggests that for every major emotion there is an accompanying visceral experience:

Answer 3

James-Lange Theory

Question 4

The behavior response comes first and predetermines the emotion:

Answer 4

James-Lange Theory

Question 5

Bear sighting: Heart beats, tremble, run, and THEN feel emotion:

Answer 5

James-Lange Theory

Question 6

The behavior and the emotion occur simultaneously:

Answer 6

Cannon-Bard Theory

Question 7

Infer emotion from labeling the situation before choosing the emotion:

Answer 7

Schacter & Singer Two-Factor Theory

Question 8

Zajonc and LeDoux emphasize that some emotions are immediate, without conscious appraisal:

Answer 8

Cognitive Appraisal Theory

Question 9

When we experience an emotion, and opposing emotion will counter the first emotion, lessening the experience of the first emotion:

Answer 9

Solomon and Corbit - Opponent Process

Question 10

Which theory explains drug addiction/sensations seekers?

Answer 10

Solomon and Corbit - Opponent Process

Question 11

Risky but socially acceptable activities:

Answer 11

Thrill and Adventure Seeking

Question 12

Mind, senses, and nonconforming lifestyle:

Answer 12

Experience seeking

Question 13

Chose middle class life but find it boring, so seek an escape:

Answer 13

Disinhibition

Question 14

Get restless - do not like repetition:

Answer 14

Boredom Susceptibility

Question 15

Where are positive emotions located?

Answer 15

The Left Hemisphere

Question 16

Where are negative emotions located?

Answer 16

The Right Hemisphere

Question 17

__________ perspective shows that basic emotions are experienced and displayed across cultures:

Answer 17

Evolutionary

Question 18

Found the 6 universal facial expressions:

Answer 18

Paul Ekman

Question 19

What are the 6 universal facial expressions?

Answer 19

1. Happy
2. Sad
3. Fear
4. Anger
5. Disgust
6. Surprise

Question 20

Supports facial expressions not only reflect emotional experience, but they also help determine ho people experience and label emotions:

Answer 20

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

Question 21

The mental and physical condition that occurs when we encounter demands or expectations and we must adapt to the environment

Answer 21

Stress

Question 22

Positive stress:

Answer 22

Eustress

Question 23

Negative stress:

Answer 23

Distress

Question 24

A condition or event that challenges or threatens a person:

Answer 24

Stressors

Question 25

Cause psychological injury or intense emotional pain:

Answer 25

Traumatic Stressors

Question 26

A low intensity stressor:

Answer 26

Frustrations

Question 27

Negative emotional state when an environmental factor prevents you from reaching a goal:

Answer 27

External Frustration

Question 28

Your own internal characteristics impede your progress towards a goal:

Answer 28

Personal Frustration

Question 29

Who created the Cognitive-Appraisal Theory for Stress and Coping?

Answer 29

Richard Lazarus

Question 30

Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in:

Answer 30

Cognitive-Appraisal Theory for Stress and Coping

Question 31

An individual's interpretation of what is at stake:

Answer 31

Primary Appraisal

Question 32

An assessment of the resources available for coping:

Answer 32

Secondary Appraisal

Question 33

Who created the Fight or Flight/Stress Response System?

Answer 33

Walter Cannon

Question 34

Who created the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?

Answer 34

Hans Selye

Question 35

Appraises the situation and mobilizes resources for coping: activation of the sympathetic nervous system:

Answer 35

Alarm

Question 36

Person tries to cope with the stressors; hormones secreted:

Answer 36

Resistance

Question 37

Body's energy is depleted and left vulnerable:

Answer 37

Exhaustion

Question 38

Selye's three stages ____ a ____!

Answer 38

ARE; GAS

Question 39

Under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with/seek support from others:

Answer 39

Tend and Befriend Response

Question 40

______ or ______ towards a person, object, or animal:

Answer 40

Anger; Aggression

Question 41

Direct anger towards osme other object:

Answer 41

Displaced aggression

Question 42

Physical removal or psychologically escaping:

Answer 42

Escape

Question 43

____-_____ behaviors:

Answer 43

Mood-Altering

Question 44

The act of facing and dealing with problems and stressors, especially over the long term:

Answer 44

Coping

Question 45

People who don't cope well show: ______ signs (anxiety, depression, irritability, etc.) ______ signs (avoidance, self-destructive behaviors, self-medicating) _____-________ fear and attitudes

Answer 45

Emotional; Behavioral; Self-Defeating

Question 46

Characteristics: competitive, impatient, verbally aggressive, talks quickly and interrupts often, easily angered, multi-taskers:

Answer 46

Type A Personality

Question 47

_____ ___ personalities have a higher chance of having hypertension and heart disease:

Answer 47

Type A

Question 48

Characteristics: Easygoing, relaxed, “chill”:

Answer 48

Type B Personality

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Psychoneuroimmunology

Question 50

Fight bacteria infections:

Answer 50

B Lymphocytes

Question 51

Attack cancer cells and viruses:

Answer 51

T Lymphocytes

Question 52

Ingest foreign substances:

Answer 52

Macrophages

Question 53

Who developed the Life Change Units (LCU)?

Answer 53

Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe

Question 54

Identifies many different life changes and has a number value to each level of stress the change would typically cause. The score represents the person’s overall stress level.

Answer 54

LCU, but it's now called the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

Question 55

Ways people go about their daily lives:

Answer 55

Lifestyle

Question 56

Diseases related or caused by health-damaging personal habits (obesity, type 2 diabetes, smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse):

Answer 56

Lifestyle Diseases

Question 57

An anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened:

Answer 57

PTSD

Question 58

What is the treatment for PTSD?

Answer 58

Exposure Therapy