Emotional AM review

Autonomic Nervous system dilates our eyes, decreases salivation, sweats, increase heart rate, slows digestion, secretes adrenaline

• Sympathetic
• Parasympathetic

3 phases of a stress response by Selye.

• Alarm, stress, adrenline
• Alarm,resistance, exhaustion
• Alarm, homeostasis, exhaustion

Theory of emotion that suggests physical arousal and emotional experience arise simultaneously.

• Yerkes-Dodson
• James-Lange
• Cannon-Bard
• Two-Factor

______________ are culturally specific prescriptions that tell us which emotions to display, to whom, and when. Such rules account for some cross-cultural differences in the expression of emotion.

• display rules

• facial feedback hypotheis

• paralanguage

• nonverbal communication

________________ proposed a theory that described emotion as beginning with undifferentiated arousal. The specific emotional label we use to describe the arousal depends on our interpretation of the context.

• James-Lange Theory

• Cannon-Bard Theory

• Schacter and Singer Theory

• Tim Adams' Harvard Study

. The part of the brain that seems to influence emotion is the ________________.

• thalamus

• pons

• amygdala

• thyroid gland

Which sequence of events in emotional responses is characteristic of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

• stimulus --> emotion --> physiological changes

• stimulus --> physiological changes --> emotion

• physiological changes --> stimulus --> emotion

• stimulus --> emotion AND physiological changes (simultaneous)

Which statement reflects the core idea of the facial feedback hypothesis?

• Men do not express emotion via the face.

• Facial features have no connection with emotion.

• Information from facial muscles intensifies emotional experiences.

• When one facial expression occurs, we quickly register its opposite on the face.

Children who are blind from birth can produce the appropriate facial expressions for any given situation without ever having witness those expressions on others. This strongly supports which idea?

• Emotional expressions have their basis in biology rather than in learning.
• Emotional expressions have their basis in learning rather than in biology.
• There is not enough information to support either assertion.

This theory suggests that physical arousal led to the labeling of the emotion. For example, “I am nervous because my stomach is fluttering”.

• James-Lange Theory of Emotion
• Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
• Cognitive Arousal Theory of Emotion
• Cognitive-Mediational Theory of Emotion