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Question 71

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Lee is about to take his drivers exam. As he enters the testing room, he notices that he is feeling anxious. The physiological experience of his emotional reaction is MOST likely the result of the action of Lee's

A) medulla.
B) forebrain.
C) central nervous system.
D) autonomic nervous system.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Question 72

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Your efforts to predict how you will respond emotionally to future events is known as ​

A) affective forecasting.
B) mood foreshadowing.
C) perceptual constancy.
D) emotional proliferation.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Question 73

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In the United States, approximately _____ of people identify as gay or bisexual.

Which of the following is NOT associated with autonomic arousal?

Imagine that your house is on fire and you are afraid. Which of the following explanations BEST represents evolutionary theories of emotion? ​

Warrick was posing for his girlfriend while she painted a picture for her art class. She had asked him to frown because she was trying to depict someone who was sad and dejected. Now that he has finished posing, Warrick finds that he is feeling somewhat unhappy, but he is not really sure why. This type of reaction is consistent with which of the following?

Describe the achievement motive, and discuss how individual differences in the need for achievement influence behavior. Briefly explain how situational factors influence achievement strivings.

Recent evidence has found that highly anxious children tend to have

People high in the need for achievement prefer moderately challenging tasks compared to either very easy or very difficult tasks because ​

Display rules are cultural norms that relate to the _____ component of emotion.

Pat's sexual arousal just reached its peak intensity and was discharged in a series of muscular contractions that pulsated through the pelvic area. Pat just experienced the _____ phase of the human sexual response.

One reason that people often inaccurately predict how they will feel about negative life events is that people underestimate their ability to ​

Research on the role of the amygdala in the modulation of emotion has focused mainly on which of the following emotions?

Research concerning the upbringing and childhood experiences of homosexuals supports _____ theories.

The _____ theory of emotion argues that emotion occurs when the thalamus simultaneously sends signals to the cerebral cortex and the autonomic nervous system.

Food-deprived rats will learn a new response if given nonnutritive, saccharine-sweetened water as a reward. Thus, the sweet-tasting water is motivating even though no actual hunger reduction takes place. This fact raises questions about _____ theories of motivation.

The need to master difficult challenges, outperform others, and meet high standards of excellence is referred to as the _____ motive.

The Thematic Apperception Test is considered a(n) _____ test.

Alfred Kinsey and other psychologists have concluded that it is more accurate to view sexual orientation on a(n) _____.

Which of the following BMI levels is typically regarded as an indication of obesity?