A polygraph (lie detector) works by: ___________?

A. Monitoring physiological indices of autonomic arousal.
B. Directly assessing the truthfulness of a person’s statements.
C. Monitoring the person’s facial expressions.
D. All of the above.

Although newspapers reported that a murder victim had been stabbed with a knife, two police investigators knew that the actual murder weapon was a letter openor. While carefully monitoring the changes in heart and perspiration level of a prime suspect, the investigators asked him if he typically used a letter opener on his mail. The investigators were making use of the:

A. Relative deprivation principle.
B. Guilty knowledge test
C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
D. Two-factor theory

After overcoming the initial shock of having her car stolen, Marlys calls the police for help and begins to possible witnesses. At this point Marlys is most likely in the_______stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

A. Exhaustion
B. Stress appraisal
C. Resistance
D. Adjustment

According to Arnold’s theory of emotions, what is the correct order of events in which emotions develop in real life?

A. Appraisal, perception, bodily changes, emotions, actions
B. Perception, bodily changes, appraisal, emotions, actions
C. Perception, appraisal, bodily changes, emotions, actions
D. Bodily changes, perception, emotions, actions, appraisal.

Frustration refers to: ______________?

A. The inability to cope with stress effectively
B. Being caught between two incompatible motives
C. Being expected to live up to high standard of performance
D. Being blocked in the pursuit of a desire goal

As the three children approached the house that everyone claimed was haunted, Yvette was apprehensive,Mackenzie was afraid, and Jayme was terrified. Robert Plutnik would suggest that these three chidren were: ____________?

A. Experiencing different unique secondary emotions
B. Experiencing different intensities of the same primary notion
C. Experiencing different unique primary emotions
D. Each labelling their emotions differently due to difference in genetic disposition

According to Schachter’s two-factor theory of emotion

A. Emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals stimultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system
B. Emotions develop because of their adaptive value
C. Different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions
D. The experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and your cognitive interpretation of that arousal

Kinesics refers to the study of: __________?

A. Body language.
B. Emotional expression.
C. Arousal during emotional states.
D. Emotional expression in animals and humans.

The poly graph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

A. Attribution
B. Emotional expression
C. Physiologiacl arousal
D. Vocal modulation

The most universally recognized facial expression is _____________?

A. Pursed lips.
B. Smiling.
C. Sticking out your tongue.
D. Raising your eyebrows.