Amanda is stressed out because she think she’s too boring socially to make friends with her new classmates. Amanda best illustrates the debilitating effects of:_________?

A. A pessimistic explanatory style
B. Problem-focused coping
C. Hypochondriasis
D. Emotion-focused coping

You are feeling happy and sad at the same time. Research into brain activity would indicate that processing is primarily occurring in ___________?

A. The midbrain
B. The left hemisphere
C. The right hemisphere
D. Both hemispheres

Which theory claims that emotions are organized in the brain and that emotional feelings and bodily expressions occur simultaneously?

A. The common sense theory
B. The cannon-bard theory
C. Attribution theory
D. The james-lange theory

A part of the nervous system that prepares the body for emergencies is the______division.

A. Parasympathetic
B. Sympathetic
C. Somatic
D. Adaptive

A circadian rhythm refers to a cycle:_____________?

A. Of sexual receptivity caused by hormone cycles.
B. Of bodily activity approximately 24 hours in length.
C. Of emotional arousal.
D. During which various bodily systems are in phase.

A hungry rat is given an electric shock whenever it eats food from a plan. The rat is being with what type of conflict?

A. Approach-avoidance
B. Avoidance-avoidance
C. Approach-approach
D. Approach-approach-approach

In anger-provoking situations, sexually aroused people experience more intense hostility than those who are not sexually aroused. This best illustrates the:

A. James-lange theory.
B. Spilover effect
C. Cannon-bard theory
D. Catharsis hypothesis.

Which brain structure is at the heart of the fight-or-fight response?

A. Hypothalamus
B. Hippocampus
C. Carebellum
D. Thalamus

One of the most stressful events on the major life changes scale is ____________?

A. Death of a spouse
B. Divorce
C. Losing a job
D. Major move

It has been suggested that baring the teeth is universally associated with the expression of anger because this ability to convey threats has helped humans to survive. This suggestion best illustrates the: ___________?

A. Two-factor theory.
B. Cannon-bard theory.
C. Adaptation-level principle.
D. Evolutionary perspective