Quiz 12: The Emotions As Motivators
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Q 2Q 2
Darwin's principle which states that opposite emotions result in the expression of opposite types of behavior is known as the principle of:
A) serviceable associated habits
B) direct action
C) antithesis
D) balanced emotions
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Q 3Q 3
According to Darwin, _____ were learned behaviors that became innate because of their usefulness.
A) social facilitation
B) serviceable associated habits
C) direct action on the nervous system
D) inherited actions
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Q 4Q 4
Prior to William James's 1884 article on emotion, the arousal of behavior was viewed as the last of a three step process as follows:
A) perception of a stimulus, cognitive analysis of that stimulus, arousal of behavior
B) reception of a stimulus, perception of the stimulus, arousal of behavior
C) perception of a stimulus, development of an emotion, arousal of behavior
D) reception of a stimulus, focus of attention on the stimulus, arousal of behavior
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Q 5Q 5
According to the James-Lange theory:
A) emotion is a result of our bodily responses to a stimulus.
B) emotion is a direct result of an external stimulus.
C) emotion can occur without a prior stimulus.
D) emotion is not a factor in the arousal of behavior.
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The _____ theory of emotion suggested that emotion occurred as a result of our bodily responses to an object.
A) Cannon-Bard
B) Schachter Cognitive-Physiological
C) James-Lange
D) Bandura-Ekman
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Q 7Q 7
Which of the following was NOT one of W. B. Cannon's criticisms of the James-Lange theory of emotion?
A) changes occurring in the internal organs are too slow to provide the experience of emotion.
B) bodily changes are very different depending upon the emotion shown.
C) bodily changes could be eliminated without disturbing the emotions of an organism.
D) artificial induction of an aroused emotional state does not lead to an emotional "feeling".
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Q 8Q 8
Which portion of the autonomic nervous system is most active when energy stores of the body are being expended?
A) parasympathetic
B) central
C) peripheral
D) sympathetic
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Q 9Q 9
The _____ nervous system is most active when the body is in the process of storing energy for future use.
A) sympathetic
B) somatic
C) parasympathetic
D) automatic
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Q 10Q 10
Cannon believed that emotion was associated with activation of which portion(s) of the nervous system?
A) both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems
B) the parasympathetic nervous system, alone
C) the cerebellum
D) the sympathetic nervous system, alone
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Q 11Q 11
Cannon believed that emotion is associated with:
A) activation of internal organs
B) activation of the sympathetic nervous system
C) activation of the muscles
D) activation of motivations
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Q 12Q 12
Which of the following structures is most important in controlling emotion, according to Cannon?
A) thalamus
B) cerebellum
C) hippocampus
D) cerebellum
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Q 13Q 13
The cognitive-physiological theory of emotion in which it is assumed that both physiological arousal and a cognitive label are necessary for the full experience of emotion was proposed by:
A) Cannon
B) Hebb
C) Schachter
D) Lange
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Q 14Q 14
According to Schachter, emotion:
A) involves both bodily movement and feedback from internal organs.
B) Involves cognitive factors, alone.
C) involves both physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal.
D) involves basic, genetically determined responses.
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Q 15Q 15
_____ saw the expression of emotion as simultaneous with activation of the body.
A) Freud
B) James
C) Cannon
D) Ekman
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Q 16Q 16
The _____ theory of emotion proposes that both physiological arousal and cognitive attributions are necessary for the full experience of emotion.
A) cognitive attributional
B) cognitive-physiological
C) physiological-attribution
D) bodily reaction cognition
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Q 17Q 17
According to Eibl-Eibesfeldt, defined behavior patterns that have become differentiated into signals are called:
A) behavioral signals
B) motivated signals
C) expressive movements
D) inherited movements
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Q 18Q 18
According to Buck's studies of human facial expressiveness:
A) men are more facially expressive than women.
B) women are more facially expressive than men.
C) men are better at reading facial expression than women.
D) men and women are equally skilled at displaying and reading facial expression.
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Q 19Q 19
According to the work of Buck and Rosenthal, women are _____ than men in sending and receiving nonverbal information.
A) better
B) worse
C) significantly worse
D) no better or worse
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Q 20Q 20
Papez proposed a system of structures that were concerned with emotional expression. These structures have come to be known as the:
A) emotional brain system
B) limbic system
C) hypothalamic-thoracic circuit
D) cingulate cortex connection
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Q 21Q 21
Currently the _____ has been implicated as the primary brain structure concerned with the production and governance of the expression of emotion.
A) medulla
B) cerebellum
C) hippocampus
D) amygdala
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Q 22Q 22
Studies of nonverbal expression of emotion by Haith, Rosenthal, and Buck support the idea that:
A) nonverbal cues are unreliable indicators of emotion
B) men are better emotional communicators than women
C) humans are sensitive to nonverbal communication
D) none of the above
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Q 23Q 23
Which of these brain structures provides input to the amygdala about the social context of emotions?
A) hypothalamus
B) cingulate gyrus
C) hippocampus
D) orbital frontal cortex
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Q 24Q 24
Phineas Gage is most well-known because:
A) he was a brilliant neuroscientist who discovered the importance of the limbic system
B) he survived a brain injury and underwent personality changes due to the brain damage
C) he invented the MRI, a technology for imaging brain structures
D) he was born without the ability to express emotion
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Q 25Q 25
Research indicates the _____ is important to the behavioral, autonomic, and hormonal changes that occur in emotional situations.
A) hippocampus
B) amygdala
C) cortex
D) cerebellum
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Q 26Q 26
The _____ nucleus of the amygdala appears to be important for the association of conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus in conditioned fear situations.
A) basolateral
B) ventral medial
C) anterior
D) posterior
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Q 27Q 27
According to Bandura, emotionality:
A) can be learned through observation of others
B) cannot be learned through observation of others
C) is totally innate
D) none of the above
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Q 28Q 28
Bandura argued that emotionality can be learned through observation of others. Such learning is called:
A) observational hypothesis
B) modeling
C) artificially-induced learning
D) independent learning
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Q 29Q 29
The _____ is crucial for the reinforcing effects of natural as well as drug-related reinforcers.
A) nucleus accumbens
B) hippocampus
C) cerebellum
D) medulla
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Q 30Q 30
Both natural and artificial (drug) reinforcers stimulate the release of _____ in the nucleus accumbens.
A) histamine
B) serotonin
C) dopamine
D) adrenaline
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Q 31Q 31
Seligman suggested that:
A) emotional learning is unprepared
B) all phobias are a result of classical conditioning
C) emotion is independent of learning
D) emotional learning is prepared
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Q 32Q 32
According to Seligman, a phobia is an example of _____ learning in humans.
A) contraprepared
B) unprepared
C) prepared
D) ultra prepared
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Q 33Q 33
Cognitive approaches to understanding emotion stress importance of cognitive _____, according to Lazarus.
A) appraisal
B) interpretation
C) perception
D) learning
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Q 34Q 34
Which of the following is generally true of phobias?
A) phobias are arbitrary
B) phobias are not resistant to extinction
C) phobias are generally reactions to naturally occurring objects
D) phobias require repeated exposure to develop
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Q 35Q 35
Theories which include the idea that emotion is the result of an appraisal of the present condition of stimuli suggest that:
A) emotions do not require cognition
B) emotions are universal
C) emotions require cognition
D) emotions are innate
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Q 36Q 36
Valins conducted a study of male college students. They viewed slides of seminude females and were provided with false heartbeat feedback information. Which of the following did he find?
A) slides associated with a decrease in heartbeat rate were preferred.
B) slides associated with an increase in heartbeat rate were preferred.
C) slides associated with a change in heartbeat rate (either up or down) were preferred.
D) there was no correlation between change in heartbeat rate and preference.
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Q 37Q 37
According to Snyder, people who are _____ self-monitors are motivated to change behavior to meet demands of the situation, while _____ self-monitors are motivated to engage in behavior that is consistent with their internal state.
A) moderate; high
B) low; high
C) low; moderate
D) high; low
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Q 38Q 38
Zajonc argued that emotion is independent of, and can occur prior to, cognition. This is called the:
A) emotional independence hypothesis
B) primacy of affect
C) cognitive interpretation of emotion
D) social learning approach
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Which of the following is NOT one of Zajonc's arguments for primacy of affect?
A) emotions are inescapable
B) affect is basic
C) emotional reactions are difficult to verbalize
D) emotion requires cognition
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Q 40Q 40
Zajonc contends that a physiological explanation of the finding that emotion can occur quickly and without cognition is the direct ling between the thalamus and the:
A) hypothalamus
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) cerebellum
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Which is NOT one of the reasons that Zajonc argued that emotions are universal?
A) emotions are difficult to verbalize
B) emotions must be preceded by cognition
C) emotions are difficult to alter
D) emotions are inescapable
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Q 42Q 42
According to Zajonc, emotion is:
A) genetically predetermined
B) independent of, and can occur prior to, any cognition
C) dependent on cognitive factors in the individual
D) culturally determined
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Q 43Q 43
According to Tomkins' model, which of the following statements would be true?
A) there is an unlimited number of emotions
B) emotions are learned
C) communicative behaviors associated with emotions are preprogrammed
D) emotions have little to do with external stimuli
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Q 44Q 44
Which of the following is NOT one of the assumptions of Izard's original differential emotions theory?
A) emotion is inherently adaptive
B) emotions are discreet
C) emotions are learned in social situations
D) emotions interact with each other
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Q 45Q 45
According to Tomkins, every society puts constraints on the expression of emotions. These voluntarily modified emotions are called:
A) display rules
B) feedback emotions
C) social emotions
D) backed-up emotions
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Q 46Q 46
Which of the following is NOT one of Izard's basic emotions?
A) interest
B) love
C) happiness
D) anger
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Q 47Q 47
According to Izard, _____ emotions are innate, evolutionarily adaptive, automatic responses to stimuli, and short in duration.
A) schema
B) complex
C) basic
D) cognitive
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Q 48Q 48
Russell proposed the _____ model of affect, which classifies emotions along two dimensions, with emotional words describing a circle around the dimensions.
A) circumplex
B) dimensional
C) adaptive circular
D) learned
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Q 49Q 49
According to the circumplex model of emotion, emotional labels bay be arranged:
A) into a rectangular shape around three dimensions
B) into a conical shape around three dimensions
C) in a circular shape around two dimensions
D) in a hierarchy
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Q 50Q 50
According to Russell, _____ is the aspect of emotional experience that can be mapped on the dimensions of pleasantness and arousal.
A) circumplex dimensionality
B) core affect
C) emotional schema
D) basic emotion adaptation
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Q 51Q 51
Ekman and his colleagues conducted research which indicates that:
A) facial expressions of emotion are universal
B) facial expressions of emotion are learned in infancy
C) facial expressions are culturally determined
D) facial expressions do not correlate strongly with emotional state
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Q 52Q 52
Tomkins and Izard have both stressed the importance of _____ in both experience and the communication of emotion.
A) physiology and learning
B) social circumstances
C) facial changes
D) development and learning
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Q 53Q 53
Currently cross-cultural research defends Ekman's idea that some emotions are:
A) universal
B) not developed until adolescence
C) totally unique to the environmental
D) unreliable in public
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Q 54Q 54
According to Ekman, _____ are learned early in life and determine which emotional expressions are appropriate in particular situations.
A) core emotions
B) basic emotions
C) custom emotions
D) display rules
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Q 55Q 55
When an individual does not display a universal facial expression in the presence of an authority figure, the inhibition of that expression is due to:
A) cultural constraint
B) display rules
C) innate response
D) display blocking
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Q 56Q 56
In comparative studies of true smiles (with emotion of happiness) and lie smiles (without emotion of happiness), it was found that:
A) there was no difference between the two
B) children are better at producing lie smiles than adults
C) the main difference was in the use of facial muscles around the eyes
D) the main difference was in the use of facial muscles around the mouth
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Q 57Q 57
The idea that our movements allow us to experience particular emotions is called:
A) the circumplex model of emotion
B) the facial feedback hypothesis
C) the differential emotions theory
D) display rules
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Q 58Q 58
The _____ proposes that the emotion we experience is influenced by feedback from facial muscles or skin.
A) feedback principle
B) facial network proposal
C) facial feedback hypothesis
D) physiological-feedback initiative
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Q 59Q 59
Strack found that when subjects were forced to adopt a facial posture similar to smiling while rating the humor of cartoons, the cartoons were rated:
A) equally humorous independent of the facial posture
B) as more humorous when the face was held in a "smile"
C) as less humorous when the face was held in a "smile"
D) as funny or not funny depending on the personality of the participants
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