Online Chapter 11-Emotion and Health 1 day version-1-1

Question 1

What are the 5 components of emotions?

Answer 1

• A dedicated neural system
• A subjective feeling
• Physiological changes
• Cognitive changes
• Behavioral responses

Question 2

True or False: Negative emotions outnumber positive ones.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What do emotions enable us to learn from?

Answer 3

• Good decisions
• Bad decisions
• Aid cognition

Question 4

List the 7 basic emotions.

Answer 4

• Happiness
• Sadness
• Fear
• Anger
• Surprise
• Disgust
• Contempt

Question 5

What is a distinctive feature of each basic emotion?

Answer 5

Each basic emotion has a distinctive facial expression that uses particular facial muscles.

Question 6

What are emotion display rules?

Answer 6

• Intensifying
• De-intensifying
• Masking
• Neutralizing

Question 7

True or False: Humans lie more frequently to those they are closer to.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the accuracy of humans detecting lies in lab settings?

Answer 8

About 54% of the time

Question 9

What increases cognitive load when lying?

Answer 9

Lying

Question 10

What is the Facial Feedback Model?

Answer 10

Facial expressions and body postures can trigger emotions.

Question 11

What is the myth related to venting anger according to Freud?

Answer 11

Venting anger on other objects tends to increase it.

Question 12

How does talking it out with someone else affect anger?

Answer 12

It increases anger.

Question 13

What is strongly related to overall life evaluation?

Answer 13

Money

Question 14

What is stress?

Answer 14

The physiological, psychological, and behavioral responses to conditions that threaten or challenge us.

Question 15

What are the two types of stress reactions identified by Taylor?

Answer 15

• Fight or flight (males)
• Tend and befriend (females)

Question 16

What does psychoneuroimmunology study?

Answer 16

The relationship between health and stress.

Question 17

What are B-Cells responsible for?

Answer 17

Making antibodies.

Question 18

What is the function of Helper T-Cells?

Answer 18

Carry parts of invaders from macrophages to B-cells and inspire cytotoxic T-cells to kill virus-infected cells.

Question 19

What happens to the thymus gland with age?

Answer 19

It shrinks.

Question 20

What factors contribute to coronary heart disease?

Answer 20

• Smoking
• Hypertension
• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Stress
• Family history of heart disease
• Type A personality

Question 21

What characterizes a Type A personality?

Answer 21

• High levels of competitiveness
• Impatience & a strong sense of time urgency
• Anger & hostility

Question 22

What is problem-focused coping?

Answer 22

Addresses the actual cause of the stress itself.

Question 23

What is emotion-focused coping?

Answer 23

Addresses our view of the situation rather than the situation itself.

Question 24

What is the impact of optimism on stress?

Answer 24

Allows us to view events as positive and therefore less stressful.

Question 25

Fill in the blank: Aerobic exercise increases _______ and T cell counts.

Answer 25

N-K

Question 26

What is the recommended frequency of aerobic exercise for health benefits?

Answer 26

1 hour 3 or 4 times a week

Question 27

True or False: Extreme exercise is beneficial for health.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

What does seeking social support do for stress levels?

Answer 28

Reduces stress even if help is not used.

Question 29

How do religious beliefs provide coping mechanisms?

Answer 29

* Problem-focused coping includes rites, rituals, sacrifices, and prayers. * Emotion-focused coping includes putting positive spins on life’s negatives.