Unit 8 Test Review
Test Format – 100 Multiple Choice Questions
Study PPT Notes, Q & A, and FIB handout; refer to book for clarification of any subject and to review ALL key terms
What are the three components of any emotion?
1. Physiological arousal2. Expressive behaviors3. Conscious experience
Who performed a semistarvation diet on men and found that they lost all
interest in anything other than food?
During shows, any scenes with food became most interesting and
discussed part of show.
Ancel Keys
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What is the complete sexual response cycle, in order?
•Excitement
•Plateau
•Orgasm
•Resolution (contains refractory period for men)
Inhibition of hunger is to overeating as ______________ is to ______________.
a.Destruction of the lateral hypothalamus; stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamusb.A low orexin level; a high ghrelin levelc.A high ghrelin level; a low orexin leveld.Destruction of the ventromedial hypothalamus; destruction of the lateral hypothalamuse.Destruction of the lateral hypothalamus; destruction of the ventromedial hypothalamus
E -
• Inhibition of hunger is to overeating as destruction of the lateral hypothalamus is to destruction of the ventromedial hypothalamus
What does “precedes” mean?
• What stage of the sexual response cycle immediately precedes plateau?
The excitement phase PRECEDES the plateau phase
What is a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
toward a goal?
Motivation
Which theory of motivation most clearly emphasizes the importance
of genetic predispositions?
Instinct
• Behaviors are genetically transmitted
What is a physiological state that usually triggers a state of
motivational arousal?
Need
An aroused state that is often triggered by a physiological need?
Drive
An internal push is a ______, while an internal pull is a ____________.
Push – Need Pull – Incentive
What produces T lymphocytes and what do they fight?
Thymus / Cancers and Viruses
What produces B lymphocytes and what do they fight?
Bone Marrow / Bacterial infections
What is the immune agent that ingest worn out red blood cells and
harmful bacteria? What’s its nickname?
Macrophage / Big Eater
Field of study that looks at how stress affects our resistance to
disease?
Psychoneuroimmunology
Research showing that neck-level spinal cord injuries reduce the
intensity of an emotional experience is most supportive of
what theory of emotion?
James - Lange
Negative and Positive emotions increase brain activity in what
parts of the brain?
Positive – left frontal lobeNegative – right frontal lobe
What is the route taken for sensory input for “fight or flight”
situations?
Thalamus (Sensory Switchboard) to Amygdala (Aggression and Fear)
Who describe the “fight or flight” response?
Walter Cannon
Who expanded on Cannon’s ideas, describing the G.A.S.?
Hans Selye General Adaptation Syndrome
What are the three stages of G.A.S.?
1. Alarm – Reaction2. Resistance 3. Exhaustion
What theory would be most threatened by evidence that highly
similar patterns of physiological activity are associated with
uniquely different emotional states?
James – Lange
People often ____________the clarity of their intentions in their
emails because they _________the importance of tones of voice in
communication.A. Overestimate/overestimate
B. Underestimate/overestimate C. Overestimate/ underestimate
D. Underestimate/underestimate
C – overestimate / underestimate
What explains when people experience a mood shift when they switch from taking short shuffling
steps to taking long strides and swinging their arms?
The Behavioral Feedback Phenomenon (pgs. 383)
What is the valence of an emotion?
Whether it is positive or negative
Carol Izard identified what 10 basic emotions?
Joy Disgust Interest – Excitement ContemptSurprise FearSadness ShameAnger Guilt
People’s positive emotionstypically ______ between the early and middle hours of the day and typically ________ between the middle and late hours of the day?
A. Fall / Rise B. Rise / FallC. Rise / Remain stable D. Remain stable / Rise
B – Rise / Fall
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After receiving very bad news, people tend to _____________the duration of their negative emotions?
A. Accurately estimate B. Radically Underestimate C. OverestimateD. Slightly underestimate
Overestimate
What are the most important factors that promote a sense of
well-being?
• High self-esteem• Optimistic• Close friendships or satisfying marriage• Work / Leisure activities that engage skills• Meaningful religious life• Sleep well and exercise
What do the OUTER adrenal glands produce?
Cortisol
What is a stress-moderating hormone released by cuddling and
associated with pair-bonding?
Oxytocin
What is produced by the inner adrenal glands?
Epinephrine / Norepinephrine
Type A Personalities have increased autonomic responses
that keep blood flow towards the muscles and away from important
organs, such as the liver, which does what to help someone avoid
a heart attack?
Filters cholesterol
Name of a stress related illness
Psychophysiological
• Psychosomatic
What theory of motivation helps to explain curiosity and thrill-seeking?
Arousal theory
Theory of motivation that helps to explain how we meet our full
potential?
Humanistic / Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Fear of novel foods?
Neophobia
What type of people were most discriminated against for being
overweight?
Women
Sleep deprivation does what to leptin and ghrelin levels?
• Leptin decreases • Ghrelin increases• Makes it harder to maintain healthy weight
Leading cause of genital warts and cervical cancer?
STI - HPV
The defensive maternal immune system is one suggestion for what
phenomena related to sexual orientation?
Fraternal birth – order effect
What did Simon Levay discover that was different in homosexual
men and women?
Smaller Hypothalamus
• Corpus Callosum is larger
Anytime you have to think about how you feel OR apply a new
perspective/interpretation, what theory is being applied?
Schachter’s Two Factor
What theory says that we can share in friend’s joy if we smile
with them?
James – Lange
• Smile (physiological response) causes joy
Other factors to review:
• Characteristics of parents of anorexics?• All the factors that affect hunger (orexin, PYY,
ghrelin, glucose, insulin)• This review is only portion of test review –
KNOW everything on Q & A and FIB handout, review PPT notes and you should be good!!!