The part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for restoring the body and conserving energy is the _________?

A. Somatic nervous system.
B. Limbic system.
C. Parasympathetic division.
D. Sympathetic division.

When a polygraph operator asks a subject, “Have you ever lied to your parents?” her or she is using

A. A control
B. A critical
C. Deception
D. An irrevelant

Researchers have found that people experience cartoons as more amusing while holding a pen with their teeth than while holding it with their lips. This finding best serves to support the:

A. Relative deprivation principle
B. Adaptation-level principle
C. James-lange theory
D. Catharsis hypothesis

Relatively high levels of physiological arousal would most likely interfere with effectively:

A. Enjoying a televised football game.
B. Solving a crossword puzzle
C. Washing dishes.
D. Riding a bicycle.

Anger is to rage as fear is to: _____________?

A. Disgust
B. Pain
C. Shame
D. Terror

Which of the following statements about cross-cultural comparisons of emotional experience is not true?

A. The facial expressions that accompany specific emotions are fairly similar across cultures
B. The physiological reactions that accompany emotions tend to be similar across cultures
C. People of different cultures tend to categorize emotions somewhat differently
D. Display rules do not vary from one culture to another

The fact that eating behavior, sexual desire, and the experience of emotion all depend on interactions between biological and environmental determinants lends evidence lands evidence to which of this text’s organizing themes?

A. Psychology’s theoretical diversity
B. Psychology’s empiricism
C. People’s experience of the world is subjective
D. The joint influence of heredity and experience

The process by which we perceive and respond to events that threaten or challenge is called:__________?

A. Psychophysiological illness
B. Stress
C. Spontaneous remission
D. Biofeedback

As a member of the diplomatic corps, Alex was given special training in the customs, language, and religions of the Third World country where he would be living. However, Alex probably needed little training to correctly interpret his hosts’ expressions of emotion as revealed by their:

A. Facial expressions
B. Tones of voice
C. Verbal experiences
D. Body postures

The fact that facial expressions of emotion tend to intensify the experience of emotion serves to support the: ___________?

A. Adaptation-level principle
B. Relative-deprivation principle
C. Cannon-bard theory
D. James-lange theory