1. Which of the following are not
component in the prototypical facial display of fear:
widened eyes
crinkled nose
open mouth
raised eyebrows
2.
is a fear that appears to be inborn rather than learned.
3. The idea of
preparedness for certain fears suggests .
an evolutionary basis
to prepared fears
fear of snakes/
spiders/ heights as prototypical examples
prepared fears can
easily be learned through modeling
all of the
above
4. The book
discusses a study in which a difficult task was framed as a threat for
some subjects and a challenge for other subjects. These
researchers discovered that.
heart rate increases
under 'threat' but not under 'challenge' conditions
'challenge'
conditions result in an active but also efficient cardiovascular
response
both 'stress' and
'challenge' conditions help subjects efficiently mobilize their
cardiovascular response
subjects under the
'challenge' condition showed the greatest increase in arterial blood
presssure
5. Results cited in
the book from a study of lie detection technology in 50 criminal cases
found that the lie detector was accurate in detecting true criminals
about 3/4's of the time:
true
false
6. According to
the frustration-aggression hypothesis, it is necessary to attribute
blame to someone in order to experience anger and agression:
true
false
7. Which of the
following are NOT consistent with an appraisal that leads to the
experience of anger.
the situation is
unfair and interferes with goals
the situation
cannot be changed
the situation came as
a surprise
the situation was
caused by someone else
8. In studies of
anger that compare the responses of men and women, which of the
following is not found.
men and women get
equally angry
men and women get
angry about the same number of times per day
men and women show
their anger, when they are angry, at about the same rate
men and women express
their anger with aggression at about the same rate
9. Which of the
following is consistent with idea of core disgust.
it strongly activates
a brain region called the insula
it reflects a
violation of 'what is right or wrong'
it arises when we are
evaluating our reaction to an immoral act
it has no correlation
with experiences of moral disgust
10.
aggression is a form of aggression motivated by anger with an intent
to hurt another.
Written Paragraph
to be turned during class: The book discusses fear and anger in
chapters 7 and 8. From those discussion provide a contrast of
these two emotions. Be sure to be specific in your analysis and
mention differences highlighted in the book or lecture with regard to
cognitive appraisal, physiological response, facial display, or any
other features of relevance. For full credit you will need to
discuss at least three specific differences.
Feelings are not
supposed to be rational. Dangerous is the [person] who has rationalized
his emotions.
----David Borenstein, Polish Artist