U7 Test Review Flashcards
Are men or women better at reading faces?
Women
Are introverts or extroverts better at reading faces?
Introverts
Are people’s weights more similar to their adoptive or biological parents?
Biological
Do facial expressions mean the same thing in all cultures?
Yes
Which hormone is responsible for bonding and is released when cuddling?
Oxytocin
More activity in the right prefrontal cortex shows what kind of mood?
Depression, sadness, disgust (negative emotions)
More activity in the left prefrontal cortex shows what kind of mood?
Happiness (positive emotion)
In the experiment where scared eyes were subliminally introduced to participants, what area of their brains were activated?
Amygdala
What hormones related to hunger are affected by sleep deprivation?
Ghrelin (hunger), leptin (full)
In the study looking at healthy men, a relationship was found between pessimism and which health problem?
Coronary heart disease
What is the difference between people with Type A and type B personality types?
Type Bs are more relaxed, while Type As are more aggressive
What is the word for the study of the interaction between psychology and the immune system?
Psychoneuroimmunology
What are other names for adrenaline and nor-adrenaline?
Epinhephrine and nor-epinephrine
What theory describes the amount of arousal needed for various tasks and what did it say?
Yerkes-Dodson Theory-You need lower levels of arousal for harder things.
How does the release of insulin affect blood glucose levels?
Reduces
If you hang out with someone who eats junk food, what happens to you?
You also eat junk food (social influence)
What is it called when people get overexcited over a soccer game, then riot in the parking lot?
Spillover effect
What did the Cannon and Washburn balloon experiment test?
Stomach contractions and their effect on hunger pangs
What is it called when somebody releases pent-up aggression?
Catharsis
What is it called when somebody overeats followed by purging, vomiting, laxatives, and excessive exercise?
Bulimia
What is GAS and what are the three phases?
General Adaptation Syndrome (alarm, resistance, exhaustion)
Changing your facial expression to mimic another person’s helps you do what?
Empathize
What are the components of emotion?
Bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, conscious experience
What is the James-Lange theory?
Arousal comes before emotions
What is the Cannon-Bard theory?
Arousal and emotion occur at the same time
What is 2-factor (Schachter-Singer) theory?
First comes arousal, then the cognitive label, then emotion
When someone tries to lose weight, what happens and why?
Metabolism slows down, as the body tries to stay at its’ set-point
Why do rats experience hunger even after their stomach is removed?
Stomach contractions are not the only thing that control hunger
What is the lowest need on the hierarchy of needs?
Physical needs (food, water, shelter)
What’s wrong with the polygraph test?
It cannot tell which emotion the person is experiencing because the physiological responses to different emotions are very similar
What part of the autonomic nervous system is activated during stress?
Sympathetic
Why are starving people preoccupied with food?
Drive-reduction theory
Why does a bear hibernate or a bird build a nest without anyone teaching them?
Instinct
Why do students look at their phones during lectures?
Arousal theory
Why do people want to be successful?
Achievement motivation
What motivates us?
Incentives
Why is narcissism on the rise?
Social media
What part of the brain helps you experience hunger?
Hypothalamus
What do we feel when we are excluded from a group?
Physical pain (ostracized)
What is our need to be part of the group called?
Affiliation
What is the highest need in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization
What area of psychology was Maslow a part of?
Humanist
Why do people with dementia eat after having just eaten?
Memory affects hunger (they forget they had already eaten)
