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Myers' Psychology for AP

David G. Myers

Chapter 44

Stress and Illness - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:34

Problem 1

Which theory explains that physiological needs create an aroused state that motivates an organism to reduce the need?
a. Instinct theory
b. Drive-reduction theory
c. Achievement motivation
d. Arousal theory
e. Hierarchy of needs

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01:47

Problem 2

Attempts to control social behavior by using the punishing effects of isolation is an example of
a. attachment disorder.
b. ostracism.
c. exploitation.
d. wanting to belong.
e. conforming.

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01:49

Problem 3

Which theory explains why, even when our biological needs are satisfied, we may still feel driven to experience stimulation?
a. Incentive
b. Homeostasis
c. Instinct
d. Arousal theory
e. Physiology

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02:32

Problem 4

Why does further weight loss come slowly following a rapid loss during the initial three weeks of a rigorous diet?
a. The number of fat cells makes further weight loss impossible.
b. When a person's hunger increases, metabolism increases.
c. When an obese person's set point has been reached, weight loss increases dramatically.
d. The body reacts as if it's being starved and metabolic rates drop.
e. An obese person cannot maintain a rigorous weight loss diet.

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02:24

Problem 5

Research on semistarvation found that men who were given just enough food to stabilize their weight at 25 percent below their starting weight
a. became obsessed with physical exercise.
b. were more interpersonally outgoing.
c. showed increases in mental cognition.
d. were in a state of homeostasis.
e. lost interest in social activities.

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02:43

Problem 6

Which of the following is the best biological explanation for why the human body stores fat?
a. Fat signals affluence and social status.
b. Fat is a fuel reserve during periods when food is scarce
c. Fat is a display of abundant food sources.
d. Fat keeps the body warm in winter climates.
e. Fat combats the global epidemic of diabetes.

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03:27

Problem 7

What do we call a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior?
a. Incentive
b. Refractory period
c. Emotion
d. Motivation
e. Instinct

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03:06

Problem 8

Which of the following actions is a violation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
a. A person who moves to a new city gets an apartment before beginning to make friends.
b. A very hungry reality show contestant searches for food before trying to win a competition.
c. A professor spends time socially with her colleagues before she works on her own research.
d. An artist works to win a local award before spending time on his own personal projects.
e. An athlete follows a "no pain, no gain" motto rather than stopping for rest and nourishment.

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01:48

Problem 9

What term refers to the ability of the body's physiological processes to maintain a balanced or constant internal state?
a. Hierarchy of needs
b. Basal metabolic rate
c. Homeostasis
d. Instinct
e. Motivation

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02:17

Problem 10

A person who eats excessively and never seems to feel full may have which of the following conditions?
a. Tumor in the hypothalamus
b. Too much insulin
c. Stomach ulcer
d. Stomach bypass surgery
e. Too much of the hormone PYY

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Problem 11

Which of the following is one of the stages of the sexual response cycle described by Masters and Johnson?
a. Expulsion
b. Plateau
c. Attraction
d. Compensation
e. Depolarization

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04:39

Problem 12

Emotions are a mix of consciously experienced thoughts, expressive behaviors, and physiological arousal. Which theory emphasized the importance of consciously experienced thoughts?
a. Facial feedback theory
b. James-Lange theory
c. Arousal and performance theory
d. Fight-or-flight theory
e. Schachter-singer two-factor theory

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01:50

Problem 13

Surveys conducted with people who have high spinal cord injuries suggest to researchers that emotions are
a. entirely cognitive, requiring no physical response to be intense.
b. largely dependent upon our bodily responses and behaviors.
c. mostly a social response to surrounding factors.
d. mostly a cultural reaction to context.
e. mostly psychological.

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02:00

Problem 14

The stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine are released from where?
a. Parasympathetic nervous system
b. Hippocampus
c. Brain stem
d. Adrenal glands
e. Hypothalamus

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02:10

Problem 15

When hearing emotions conveyed in another language, what emotion can people most readily detect?
a. Sadness
b. Happiness
c. Anger
d. Fear
e. Surprise

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01:43

Problem 16

Brain scans and EEG recordings indicate that positive emotions are associated with high levels of activity in which brain section?
a. Right temporal lobe
b. Cerebellum
c. Left frontal lobe
d. Left temporal lobe
e. Right parietal lobe

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02:13

Problem 17

Which one of the following statements about stress is true?
a. Surgical wounds heal more slowly in stressed humans.
b. Stress has no effect on those exposed to cold viruses.
c. There is no correlation between stress and longevity.
d. Stress makes us more resistant to infection and heart disease.
e. Anxiety, irritation, and guilt all prompt very different physiological responses

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02:34

Problem 18

Which of the following statements about nonverbal expression is true?
a. People blind from birth do not usually exhibit common facial expressions.
b. The meaning of gestures is the same across cultures.
c. Facial signs of emotion are generally understood across world cultures.
d. People from different cultures have difficulty understanding nonverbal expressions.
e. Nonverbal expression is not reliably interpreted within a culture.

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02:36

Problem 19

Which psychological concept would predict that smiling warmly on the outside would cause you to feel better on the inside?
a. Relative deprivation
b. Mimicry
c. Empathy
d. Facial feedback
e. Catharsis

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02:07

Problem 20

After an alarming event, your temperature, blood pressure, and respiration are high, and you have an outpouring of hormones. Hans Selye would most likely guess that you are in which general adaptation syndrome phase?
a. Exhaustion
b. Resistance
c. Immobilization
d. Collapse
e. Shock

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