When a polygraph operator asks a subject, “Have you ever lied to your parents?” her or she is using

Related Mcqs:

1. 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.

2. Haley’s parents bought her a used bicycle for her birthday. She was thrilled until she learned that her best friend received a brand new bicycle on her birthday.Haley’s declining satisfaction illustrates the: ____________?

   A. Facial feedback effect.
   B. Relative deprivation principle
   C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
   D. Catharsis hypothesis.

3. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion:

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

4. Which nervous system is involved with mild, unpleasant stimulation?

   A. Parasympathetic
   B. Central
   C. Peripheral
   D. Sympathetic

5. Researchers have found that people experience cartoons as more amusing while holding a pen with their teeth than while holding it with their lips. This finding best serves to support the:

   A. Relative deprivation principle
   B. Adaptation-level principle
   C. James-Lange theory
   D. Catharsis hypothesis

6. Moods: __________________?

   A. Are the most extreme forms of various emotions.
   B. Are stubtle emotional undercurrents.
   C. Reflect base physiological changes.
   D. Reflect only positive emotions.

7. Holmes and Rahe’s Social Readjustment Rating Scale is based on an assumption that

   A. Any change in life can be stressful
   B. Marriage is the most stressful life event for more people.
   C. Stress is largely a positive experience.
   D. Conflict is the number one cause of stress.

8. Rannit was euphoric after learning that she had been accepted by the medical school of her choice. After a new weeks, however, she is only mildly excited when she thinks about her admission to medical school. This change in her feelings can best be explained in terms of the:

   A. Cannon-Bard theory.
   B. Relative deprivation principle.
   C. Adaptation-level phenomenon
   D. Catharsis hypothesis.

9. Plutchik would say that regret is _____________?

   A. Not really an emotions, because it does not appear on the emotion wheel.
   B. One of the thousand distinct emotions of which people are capable.
   C. One of the basic emotions.
   D. A combination of more basic emotions

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