Module 2

• Leslie and Morgan are stranded in the woods. While both people are upset at their current predicament they do not discuss their issue until after they have constructed a shelter. What best describes this prioritization?

  • incentive

  • dual-centre

  • hierarchy of needs

  • Yerkes-Dodson Law
• Which theory of emotion would argue that muscular activity can strengthen or weaken the experience of emotion?

  • humanistic perspective

  • James-Lange

  • facial-feedback

  • Schachter-Singer
• This is the weight that individuals return to even after dieting or overeating.

  • incentive salience

  • polyandry

  • body weight set point

  • giftedness
• Which is not a physiological response associated with the sympathetic nervous system?

  • breathing rate increases

  • pupils constrict

  • perspiration

  • salivation decreases
• Both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system are a part of the ________

  • peripheral nervous system

  • central nervous system

  • autonomic nervous system

  • extant nervous system
• Which theory of emotion went: stimuli - physiological arousal - emotion?

  • Schachter-Singer

  • hierarchy of needs

  • James-Lange

  • dual-centre
• Rats with brain damage to this area will dramatically under-eat and may starve to death.

  • lateral hypothalamus

  • nucleus accumbens

  • ventromedial region of the hypothalamus

  • mirror neuron system
• Anorexia is often comorbid with what mental illness?

  • Substance use

  • Mood Disorders

  • Anxiety

  • All of these
• Research showing that persons who display genuine smiles while watching a video were more likely to report greater physiological arousal and enjoyment than person who were not displaying genuine smiles. This finding is evidence for which theory of emotion?

  • evolutionary

  • visceral

  • fwo-factor

  • facial-feedback
• Which of the following was not one of the fundamental emotions Ekman found across culture?

  • happiness

  • humor

  • fear

  • anger
• What increases the likelihood of an emotion being shared?

  • the positivity of that emotion

  • the negativity of that emotion

  • the intensity of that emotion

  • the closeness of an individual to their partner
• The sympathetic nervous system is strongly associated with what?

  • affiliation

  • delay of gratification

  • action tendency

  • fight or flight
• Duchenne smiles are associated with

  • showing teeth

  • a closed mouth

  • the eyes

  • none of these
• Research has found that repeating vowel sounds that cause your mouth to make a "smile" (e.g., "e" and "ah") was more to be associated with positive emotion what theory of emotion does this support?

  • facial-feedback

  • trait perspective

  • psychodynamic

  • cognitive-mediational
• In regards to components of emotion increased sweating would be a _______.• behavioural component

  • cognitive component

  • none of these options

  • physiological component
• What percentage of young women in Canada have bulimia?

  • 5%

  • 10%

  • 1%

  • 15%
• What theory suggests that behaviours are motivated in ascending order of importance - from most crucial to survival (e.g. food and water) to least crucial to survival (psychological growth)?

  • hierarchy of needs

  • Yerkes-Dodson Law

  • Cannon-Bard

  • incentive
• What theory fails to explain why humans could ever learn anything that was not innate behaviour?

  • Piaget

  • developmental

  • instinct

  • arousal
• Serje diets for some time but finds that their body tends to always put the weight back on once they stop restricting calories. What accounts for this?

  • incentive salience

  • giftedness

  • body weight set point

  • polyandry
• Stefanos reads Shakespeare because he wants to impress his significant other with his mastery of those plays. What type of motivation is this?

  • intrinsic

  • primary

  • secondary

  • extrinsic
• Which theory of emotion argued that cognition not only appraised physiological arousal but also determined the level of physiological arousal as well?

  • Schachter-Singer

  • psychodynamic

  • facial-feedback

  • cognitive-mediational
• What suggests that optimal performance often occurs under moderate levels of arousal?

  • incentive

  • instinct

  • hierarchy of needs

  • Yerkes-Dodson Law
• Which theory do not account for non-biologically based motivations for behaviour?

  • instinct

  • Piaget

  • arousal

  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• This machine was invented to allow for the detection of lies but it has a poor accuracy rate and is non-admissible in court.

  • fMRI

  • polygraph

  • x-ray

  • CAT scan
• In regards to components of emotion subjective appraisal of feelings would be a _______.

  • behavioural component

  • none of these options

  • cognitive component

  • physiological component
• What is in the middle of the hierarchy of needs?

  • belonging

  • self-actualization

  • esteem

  • safety
• Schachter and Singer conducted an experiment on the role of cognition in emotion. The purpose of the study was to determine the role of cognition in interpreting physiological phenomenon (which were simulated by injection). Which of the following groups were not a part of Schachter and Singer's experiment?

  • misinformed group

  • informed group (vitamins)

  • informed group (epinephrine)

  • deceived group
• Which is not a physiological response associated with the parasympathetic nervous system?

  • blood pressure decreases

  • heart rate slows

  • palms are sweaty

  • breathing rate decreases
• What theory suggests that behaviour is motivated by the need to achieve optimal levels of alertness?

  • arousal

  • incentive

  • drive reduction

  • Yerkes-Dodson Law
• Which theory of emotion went: stimuli - physiological arousal - label - emotion?

  • facial-feedback

  • Cannon-Bard

  • James-Lange

  • Schachter-Singer
• Which brain structure did Cannon & Bard identify as being responsible for relaying information to the sympathetic nervous system and areas of the brain that were active in thought and decision making?

  • ventral tegmental area

  • anterior insula

  • thalamus

  • vasomotor centre
• Persons leaving first world countries to work in war zones is seen as surrendering safety to get ________

  • esteem

  • self-actualization

  • physiological needs

  • belonging
• Rats with brain damage in this brain area will over-eat and likely become obese.

  • ventromedial region of the hypothalamus

  • frontal and parietal lobes

  • ventral tegmental area

  • ventral tegmental area
• This condition is associated with an insatiable appetite leading to obesity.

  • Prader-Willi syndrome

  • anorexia nervosa

  • occipital lobe

  • Down's syndrome
• What is the second from the top in the hierarchy of needs?

  • self-transcendence

  • physiological needs

  • safety

  • esteem
• What is at the second lowest rung of the hierarchy of needs?

  • belonging

  • esteem

  • physiological needs

  • safety
• Lauren is being evaluated for an eating disorder. Her friends believe that she may have anorexia but Lauren insists that she is merely being aggressive with her diet. Evaluate these two perspectives what will the therapist consider the "key" in determining whether Lauren is anorexic or merely dieting?

  • person must have lost >20% of his/her weight

  • distorted body image

  • pattern must have continued for at least 16 months

  • person must be female
• Which theory of emotion did the Capilano Bridge study support?

  • Schachter-Singer

  • James-Lange

  • facial-feedback

  • Cannon-Bard
• What theory suggests that behaviours are motivated by inborn aspects of the brain and that are activated by environmental stimuli?

  • drive-reduction

  • Skinner

  • instinct

  • Piaget
• The fact that the same stimuli can elicit two different reactions (e.g. fear of a bear in the wild vs. excitement of seeing a bear in the zoo) illustrates which component of emotion?

  • behavioural component

  • physiological component

  • none of these options

  • cognitive component