Emotion, Stress and Coping Practice Quiz

Emotion, Stress & Coping Practice Quiz 1. Which of the following effects of money might interfere with happiness? a. Having more money automatically makes people more materialistic b. Pursuing money can lead us to give up social relations, spirituality, or interests c. Making more money hinders the economic development of nations d. Making more money has exponential returns 2. Research shows that receiving some sort of extrinsic reinforcement for engaging in behaviours that we enjoy leads to those behaviours _____. a. Providing twice as much enjoyment b. Motivating us to engage in different behaviours c. Creating an attraction/repulsion complex d. No longer providing that same enjoyment 3. The drive of hunger declines when you eat and eventually leads to the termination of eating behaviour. What is another term used to describe the fulfillment of the hunger drive? a. Success threshold b. Plenum c. Replenishment d. Satisfaction 4. Luis works part-time after school to earn money, so he can afford a second-hand motorcycle. Luis is working because of _____ motivation. a. Habit b. Extrinsic c. Emotion d. Intrinsic 5. What two factors make up Schacter and Singer’s (1962) theory of emotion? a. Physiological arousal & cognitive labelling b. Physiological arousal & emotions c. Cognitive labelling & perceptions d. Emotions & cognitive labelling 6. What is the relationship between money and happiness? a. The more money, the less happiness b. The more money, the greater the happiness c. After a minimum level of wealth, there is no relationship d. After a minimum level of wealth there is a negative relationship 7. Research on the link between stress and health has found that: a. Experiencing mild negative emotions on a daily basis predicts deterioration of health on the long run b. Experiencing no emotions predicts improvement of health on the long run c. Experiencing strong negative emotions on a daily basis predicts deterioration of health on the long run d. Experiencing mild positive emotions on a daily basis predicts deterioration of health in the long run 8. The main difference between primary and secondary emotions is that secondary emotions are: a. Not associated with cognitive components b. Determined by their level of arousal and their major cognitive component c. Always experienced at high levels of arousal d. Usually only of a low level of arousal 9. Researchers have discovered that the best predictor for happiness is a. Good social relationships b. Wealth c. Good health d. Extended family relationships 10. According to Hans Selye, the typical physiological response to stress that people experience goes through the stages of: a. Alarm, resistance and exhaustion b. Resistance, alarm and reactance c. Alarm, reactance and resistance d. Resistance, reactance and retribution 11. Bela is unexpectedly told that his wife got involved in a car accident. He hasn’t the faintest idea of his wife’s condition and he feels his heart start to beat fast and his palms begin to sweat. According to Selye, he shows evidence of being in the _____ phase of stress response. a. Alarm b. Resistance c. Exhaustion d. Resilience 12. Matthew is upset about a family dispute so he turns to friends for relief from the stress and to seek comfort and support. Matthew is employing a. Perceived control b. Emotion-focused coping c. Executive-subordinate coping d. Problem-focused coping 13. It has been shown that men and women tend to deal with stress differently, men tend to adopt a _____ style while women tend to adopt a _____ style. a. Fight or flight; tend and befriend b. Tend and befriend; affront and confront c. befriend and contend; fight or flight d. affront and confront; befriend and contend 14. Cognitive appraisal of stressful situations a. Interacts with the stressor, and the physical, social and personal resources of the individual b. Is never involved in situations of threat c. Is less important for social situations than it is for work situations d. Directly decreases the release of adrenaline 15. Which of the following statements about motivation is incorrect? a. Motivation can be extrinsic b. Intrinsic motivation is not affected by extrinsic rewards c. Motivation can be intrinsic d. Motivation describes the wants or needs that direct behaviour toward a goal 16. Some people “swear to high heavens” that when they vent their anger through exercise, they feel so relieved and their anger never comes back. Research on catharsis has shown that: a. This is definitely true and effective b. This works only for body-builders c. Catharsis is effective only when anger is directed to the provoker d. This works only 50% of the time 17. Homeostasis refers to: a. The tendency to achieve personal potential b. The desire to obtain a level of arousal that is optimal c. The tendency to return to a balanced or stable internal state d. A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behaviour 18. In addition to our faces expressing our emotional state, our faces can also help us to feel emotions. This is called the a. Slow and fast emotional pathways b. Facial feedback hypothesis c. James-Lange theory of emotion d. Two factor theory of emotion 19. According to research by Pennebaker et al., it has been shown that _____ is beneficial for reducing stress and improving health a. Drinking three glasses of wine per day b. Suppressing negative emotions and reactions c. Vigorous aggressive exercise d. Writing out emotions or negative reactions 20. According to Paul Ekman, emotion recognition is universal across all cultures. Which of the following are the most basic universal emotions? a. Happy, excitement, amusement and relaxation b. Depression, amusement and alarm c. Anger, disgust, fear and happiness d. Frustration and aggression