• 01

    The brain’s remembered response to experiencing an emotion is the __________ experience of an emotion.

  • 02

    Although languages may differ from culture to culture, the universality hypothesis of Charles Darwin suggests that __________ are uniform across different cultures.

  • 03

    Despite the fact that a prefrontal lobotomy can, in fact, help to reduce the intensity of emotions, it also has the side effect of:

  • 04

    Which of the following physical changes is not likely to be initiated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system?

  • 05

    In general, which of the following groups can detect and interpret nonverbal cues the best?

  • 06

    Some people believe that if you are angry you should express your feelings, because getting the emotions “out” will help them to go away faster. According to the work of Ekman and Friesen, what do you know about this belief?

  • 07

    Isn’t it amazing how when you’re in a really foul mood – angry at the world, one might say – that all of the bad drivers come out to get in your way? It seems like when you’re just hot under the collar, people seem to know it and they drive badly just to irritate you more. Maybe, instead, you just notice the other bad drivers more when you’re angry. This is an example of __________ processing.

  • 08

    All emotions, by definition, have __________, which refers to a positive or negative quality or “tone.”

  • 09

    The __________ principle states that people want to experience pleasure and avoid pain.

  • 10

    The first, or bottom, level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs includes __________ needs.

  • 11

    The levels of __________ in your blood help your brain determine whether or not to stimulate eating behaviors.

  • 12

    The signals sent out from the ventromedial hypothalamus that suppress hunger are referred to as:

  • 13

    The hormone that plays the largest role in the sex drive is __________ for women and __________ for men.

  • 14

    Once an animal is castrated, what can be done to restore that animal’s sex drive?

  • 15

    Long-term potentiation (LTP) is a process that takes place while we sleep, thus allowing __________ from the day to get strengthened.

  • 16

    While in graduate school, Allison used to brag to her friends that she only needed 4 hours of sleep a night, which allowed her extra study time. If Allison was being honest about her sleep needs, she would be classified as a(n) __________.

  • 17

    Which of the following needs explains why people join cults or gangs, even when such group membership can pose a serious threat to that person’s health or even their life?

  • 18

    Neurological research has revealed that the area of the brain called the __________ cortex, which is involved in physical pain, is actually activated when we have an experience of being excluded from a group. This lends evidence to the fact that the need to belong is not just a psychological need, but that it actually has physical aspects as well.

  • 19

    Recently Mario learned that a new employee was hired at his company, and that she was starting out at a salary that is equivalent to his. The only problem for Mario, however, is that he has been working at the company for two years already. He is suddenly gripped with the sense that he is being underpaid, even though he had no problem with his salary just yesterday. Mario’s new sense of dissatisfaction is explained by the __________ theory.

  • 20

    20. The __________ defines job satisfaction as a worker’s sense of achieving a certain outcome based on expectancy, instrumentality, and valence.

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