PSYC/SOC - Emotions, Stress, and Behaviour

Question 1

Amy the amygdala is super empathetic. She is very emotional. THe amygdala is responsible for fear and ___

Answer 1

anger

Question 2

emotional memories are in the ____

Answer 2

hippocampus

Question 3

The way to regulate emotion is through the ____ (deep breaths) or _____ (conscious)

Answer 3

hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex

Question 4

We can regulate our emotions either physiologically or logically

Question 5

James-Lange (a comes before e) this means that ___ comes before emotion

Answer 5

arousal

Question 6

Cannon Bard states that stimulus causes both _____ and ______ at the same time (C.B)

Answer 6

arousal and emotion at the same time. This is different than James Lange who states that arousal causes emotion

Question 7

Schacter-Singer (SS) same as Bard but is different because is has cognitive appraisal. Should I be scared?

Question 8

Lazarus appraisal (lazy). have sweaty palms then cognitive appraisal and then maybe you will have ___

Answer 8

emotion

Question 9

verbal communication includes language and words so also includes sign language

Question 10

Non-verbal communication consists of animal signals which include vocalizations (_____)

Answer 10

non-verbal sounds

Question 11

Hawthorne effect is changing your behaviour based on being observed. Someone is watching you like a hawk

Question 12

The teacher expectancy effect is related where student’s performances rise or fall to meet their teacher’s expectations

Question 13

Groupthink is fostering harmony by agreeing near-entirely with one another despite having differing opinions and they are typically pulled to the _____ opinon

Answer 13

neutral

Question 14

group polarization is when the group is pulled to an ___

Answer 14

extreme

Question 15

social facilitation is when you set your personal best at the olympics because the crowd cheers you on

Question 16

A common example of diffusion of responsibility is the bystander effect and social loafing which decrease their output because they feel others will compensate for it

Question 17

deindividuation is when you start to lose awareness of their _____ identity

Answer 17

individual (KKK)

Question 18

Fad is a very popular and dies out ____

Answer 18

quickly (fidget spinners)

Question 19

Role strain is when the same role is causing conflicting demands. i.e a parent does not wish to discipline their child because they only want to see their child happy. Being a parent makes you want to do different things. Strain think same

Question 20

Role conflict occurs when someone has multiple roles. I.e a boss might fire an employee, but that employee is the boss’ sibling

Question 21

Informal norms are seldom written and have less obvious ____

Answer 21

consequences (shaking an interviewer’s hand)

Question 22

Folkways are informal norms, but are usually _____

Answer 22

small scale

Question 23

More are norms of ___

Answer 23

morality

Question 24

Conformity is all about social norms while obedience is obeying to an authority figure

Question 25

A melting pot is the opposite of mutlticulturalism where immigrants are encouraged to assimilate

Question 26

In areas where assimilation occurs, are called a ___ pot

Answer 26

melting pot

Question 27

social loafing is decreased ____ b/c group

Answer 27

ouput

Question 28

James Lange says that arousal causes emotion. Cannon bard says stimulation causes both

Question 29

a subset can do random things so is typically not the best answer

Question 30

a compelling case is not a group effect

Question 31

groupthink and group polarization are about making decisions