As a member of the diplomatic corps, Alex was given special training in the customs, language, and religions of the Third World country where he would be living. However, Alex probably needed little training to correctly interpret his hosts’ expressions of emotion as revealed by their:

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1. Paul Ekman,the leading researcher on the nature of facial expressions, believes that all of the following are universal expressions of emotion EXCEPT

   A. Hopefulness
   B. Surprise
   C. Happiness
   D. Contempt

2. The fact that facial expressions of emotion tend to intensify the experience of emotion serves to support the: ___________?

   A. Adaptation-level principle
   B. Relative-deprivation principle
   C. Cannon-Bard theory
   D. James-Lange theory

3. Researchers are certain that facial expressions of_______are recognized by people of all cultures, but they are not so certain that facial expressions of______are universal.

   A. Fear; interest
   B. Sadness; surprise
   C. Anger; contempt
   D. Disgust; horror

4. People are especially good at quickly detecting facial expressions of: ____________?

   A. Happiness
   B. Boredom.
   C. Surprise
   D. Anger

5. People from different cultures can recognize which facial expressions?

   A. Fear
   B. Anger
   C. Disgust
   D. All of these

6. Which theory claims that emotions are organized in the brain and that emotional feelings and bodily expressions occur simultaneously?

   A. The common sense theory
   B. The Cannon-Bard theory
   C. Attribution theory
   D. The James-Lange theory

7. The fact that eating behavior, sexual desire, and the experience of emotion all depend on interactions between biological and environmental determinants lends evidence lands evidence to which of this text’s organizing themes?

   A. Psychology’s theoretical diversity
   B. Psychology’s empiricism
   C. People’s experience of the world is subjective
   D. The joint influence of heredity and experience

8. According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion:

   A. There is a different pattern of physiological activity for each emotion
   B. The autonomic nervous system has no role to play in emotion
   C. Cognitive appraisal of the emotional situation has to take place before activation of the sympathetic nervous system can occur
   D. The autonomic nervous system responds in exactly the same way to all type of emotion

9. Which part of the brain seems to be the gateway of emotion?

   A. Thalamus
   B. Hypothalamus
   C. Hippocampus
   D. Amygdala

10. According to Schachter’s two-factor theory of emotion

    A. Emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals stimultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system
    B. Emotions develop because of their adaptive value
    C. Different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions
    D. The experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and your cognitive interpretation of that arousal