The poly graph or “lie detector” primarily measures which component of emotion?

Related Mcqs:

1. The, “Is your address(person’s address)?” asked during the administration of a lie detector test, is a(n)______question.

   A. Control
   B. Critical
   C. Relevant
   D. Irrelevant

2. A polygraph (lie detector) works by: ___________?

   A. Monitoring physiological indices of autonomic arousal.
   B. Directly assessing the truthfulness of a person’s statements.
   C. Monitoring the person’s facial expressions.
   D. All of the above.

3. 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

4. The sympathetic nervous system is primarily concerned with_______whereas the parasympathetic system is primarily concerned with_____.

   A. Activation of skeletal muscle, activation of smooth muscle
   B. Mobilizing the body in response to stress, maintaining the body at rest
   C. The release of acetylcholine onto target organs, the release of adrenaline
   D. All of the above

5. The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion is a _________ theory.

   A. Peripheralist
   B. Modern
   C. Centralist
   D. Contemporary

6. 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

7. 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:

   A. Facial expressions
   B. Tones of voice
   C. Verbal experiences
   D. Body postures

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. 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

10. According to the James-Lange theory, it is the______that tells the conscious brain it is experiencing emotion.

    A. Hypothalamus
    B. Visual sensation of the emotional stimulus
    C. Amygdala
    D. The physiological feedback from the body