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AP Psychology Quiz – Chapter 13 Emotion
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Choose the BEST answer for each question.
_____1. Mary's parents bought her a used bicycle for her birthday. She was thrilled until she learned that
her best friend received a brand new bicycle to celebrate Ground Hog Day. Mary's declining
satisfaction illustrates:
A) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
B) the James-Lange theory.
C) the two-factor theory.
D) the relative deprivation principle.
E) catharsis.
_____2. A general sense of happiness or life satisfaction is most unrelated to whether or not people:
A) have a happy marriage.
B) are well educated.
C) exercise regularly.
D) have a meaningful religious faith.
E) sleep well.
_____3. Schachter's two-factor theory emphasizes that emotion involves both:
A) the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the nervous system.
B) verbal and nonverbal expression.
C) physical arousal and a cognitive label.
D) universal and culture-specific aspects.
_____4. The universally understandable language of human emotion consists of:
A) facial expressions.
B) tone of voice.
C) music and dance.
D) body postures.
E) hand gestures.
_____5. The basic components of emotion are:
A) cognition, affect, and behavior.
B) expressive behaviors, physiological arousal, and conscious experience.
C) physical gestures, facial expressions, and psychological drives.
D) sympathetic arousal, parasympathetic inhibition, and cognitive labeling.
_____6. As her professor distributed the mathematics test to the class, Alice's heart started to pound and
her palms began sweating. These physiological reactions were activated by her ________ nervous
system.
A) parasympathetic
B) sympathetic
C) central
D) somatic
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_____7. Research on human fear indicates that:
A) people but not animals may acquire fear through observational learning.
B) fear is more often a poisonous emotion than an adaptive one.
C) genetic factors are unimportant in understanding fearfulness.
D) people seem to be biologically predisposed to learn some fears more quickly than others.
_____8. George, a suspect in a criminal investigation, has agreed to take a lie detector test. The machine
used in this test is most likely to measure his:
A) hormone secretions.
B) pupil dilation.
C) perspiration levels.
D) facial expressions of emotions.
E) blood sugar levels.
_____9. The adaptation-level phenomenon refers to the:
A) tendency for standards of judgment to be heavily influenced by previous experiences.
B) tendency for emotional release to reduce levels of physiological arousal.
C) tendency for evolution to favor organisms that adapt best to the environment.
D) perception that one is worse off than those with whom one compares oneself.
_____10. The emotion of anger is characterized by negative valence and ________ arousal.
A) high
B) negative
C) positive
D) low
_____11. The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion states that:
A) emotions have two ingredients: physical arousal and a cognitive label.
B) the conscious experience of an emotion occurs at the same time as the body's physical reaction.
C) emotional experiences are based on an awareness of the body's responses to an emotion-arousing
stimulus.
D) emotional ups and downs tend to balance in the long run.
_____12. The first time Rosalina used cocaine she enjoyed it. After taking the drug several times a day for
several months, she no longer enjoys its effects; she continues to take it, however, in order not to
feel shaky and depressed. Which theory best accounts for her behavior?
A) James-Lange theory
B) Cannon-Bard theory
C) two-factor theory
D) opponent-process theory
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