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A state of physiological arousal that enables us to meet sudden threats by either confronting them or running away from them is the: |
| | A) | autonomic nervous system |
| | B) | subjective well-being |
| | C) | limbic system |
| | D) | fight-or-flight response |
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A method that assesses lying by measuring physiological arousal in response to information that is relevant to a transgression and physiological arousal in response to information that is irrelevant to that transgression is known as the: |
| | A) | guilty knowledge test |
| | B) | polygraph test |
| | C) | fight-or-flight response |
| | D) | Wada test |
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Research has shown that a high percentage of innocent persons "fail" when administered a polygraph test, an outcome known as a: |
| | A) | true positive |
| | B) | false positive |
| | C) | true negative |
| | D) | false negative |
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The theory that happiness is the result of estimating that one's life circumstances are more favorable than those of others is known as: |
| | A) | incongruity theory |
| | B) | disparagement theory |
| | C) | adaptation-level theory |
| | D) | social-comparison theory |
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The theory known as ________ holds that one's current happiness depends in part on comparing present circumstances to past circumstances. |
| | A) | incongruity theory |
| | B) | disparagement theory |
| | C) | adaptation-level theory |
| | D) | social-comparison theory |
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The _______ of humor, by Thomas Hobbes, suggests we feel amused when humor makes us feel superior to other people. |
| | A) | incongruity theory |
| | B) | disparagement theory |
| | C) | adaptation-level theory |
| | D) | social-comparison theory |
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The _________ of humor, is based on Freud's claim that humor is a cathartic outlet for anxiety caused by repressed sexual or aggressive energy. |
| | A) | incongruity theory |
| | B) | disparagement theory |
| | C) | adaptation-level theory |
| | D) | release theory |
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The theory that humor is amusing when it brings together incompatible ideas in a surprising outcome that violates one's expectations is known as: |
| | A) | incongruity theory |
| | B) | disparagement theory |
| | C) | adaptation-level theory |
| | D) | release theory |
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American psychologist William James claimed that physiological changes precede emotional experiences, an idea later incorporated by the: |
| | A) | opponent-process theory |
| | B) | Cannon-Bard theory |
| | C) | James-Lange theory |
| | D) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
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Which of the following suggests that an emotion is produced when an event or object is perceived by the thalamus, which conveys this information simultaneously to the cerebral cortex, skeletal muscles, and the autonomic nervous system? |
| | A) | opponent-process theory |
| | B) | Cannon-Bard theory |
| | C) | James-Lange theory |
| | D) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
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Identify the theory that suggests the human brain counteracts a strong positive or negative emotion by evoking an opposite emotional response. |
| | A) | opponent-process theory |
| | B) | Cannon-Bard theory |
| | C) | James-Lange theory |
| | D) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
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Schacter and Singer's theory of emotion views emotional experience as the outcome of physiological arousal and the attribution of a cause for the arousal, known as: |
| | A) | James-Lange theory |
| | B) | opponent-process theory |
| | C) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
| | D) | two-factor theory |
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Richard Lazarus proposed the ________ of emotion that downplays the role of physiological arousal, and assumes that our emotion at a given time depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in at that time. |
| | A) | James-Lange theory |
| | B) | opponent-process theory |
| | C) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
| | D) | two-factor theory |
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The theory that particular facial expressions induce particular emotional experiences is known as the of emotion. |
| | A) | facial-feedback theory |
| | B) | Cannon-Bard theory |
| | C) | James-Lange theory |
| | D) | cognitive-appraisal theory |
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Researchers who study the emotion of happiness also describe this emotion as: |
| | A) | the limbic system |
| | B) | endorphins |
| | C) | subjective well-being |
| | D) | Duchenne smile |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education