Motivation Emotion Personality Cognition Language 2024

The stress hormones epinephrine and nor epinephrine are released from the

• Parasympathetic nervous system

• Hippocampus

• Tend and befriend response

• Adrenal glands

• Hypothalamus

Emotions are a mix of consciously experienced thoughts expressive behaviors, and physiological arousal. Which theory emphasized the importance of the consciously experienced thoughts?

• A. Facial feedback theory

• B. James-Lange theory

• C. Arousal and performance theory

• D.Fight or flight theory

• E.Schachter-Stinger two factor theory

Your best friend just won the lottery. Even though you are envious, you also cannot help feeling excited along with him because you are both grinning from ear to ear. Your reaction supports the ________.

• James-Lange Theory

• Cannon-Bard Theory

• Schacter & Singer's two-factor hypothesis

• Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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

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

______________ is the idea that physiological needs create an aroused state that motivates an organism to reduce the need.

• A.Instinct theory

• B.Drive-reduction theory

• C.Self-assertion instinct

• D.Arousal theory

• E.Hierarchy of needs

____________ explains why, when our biological needs are satisfied, we may still feel driven to experience stimulation.

• A.Incentive

• B.Homeostasis

• C.Instinct

• D.Arousal

• E.Physiology

A person who eats excessively and never seems to feel full may have which of the following conditions?

• A.Tumor in the hypothalamus.

• B.Too much insulin.

• C.Stomach ulcer.

• D.Stomach bypass surgery.

• E.Too much obesatin.

The hard-driving, anger prone personality type which is at higher risk for heart attack.

• Type B
• Type A
• Type D
• Type E

The Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at a 

• high level of arousal
• low level of arousal
• baseline state
• level of self-actualization

What structure in the brain is most involved in our experience of fear?

• hippocampus
• frontal lobe
• amygdala
• medulla