The Psychology of Emotions

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of achievement goals discussed in the text?

According to the text, which type of achievement goal is focused on the outcome and meeting a standard?

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences achievement motivation, according to the text?

According to the text, which motive is primarily a learned motive?

Which term refers to people born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the two 'binary' sexes of male or female?

What percentage of the population is born with intersex traits?

Which term describes a person's internal sense of their gender?

What are the two effects of hormones on the nervous system and behavior?

Which of the following is a criticism of the sexual response cycle?

What are the female sex hormones called?

Which of the following is true about the average hormone levels in men and women?

What is important to recognize about the sex categories of male and female?

Which term refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, and activities attributed by society as being appropriate for girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people?

What does sexual identity, also known as sexual orientation, refer to?

Does a person's gender identity determine their sexual orientation?

What is the basis for many aspects of adult love?

According to the text, social relationships are important for both physical and mental health. For example, women who report having at least one confidante are 10 times less likely to suffer depression following a stressful event than women who do not have someone in whom they can confide.

According to the text, having fewer relationships in combination with a high need for affiliation in later life is related to depression, with men being more vulnerable than women.

According to the text, lack of supportive relationships is a risk factor for mortality.

According to the text, people high in achievement motivation tend to choose moderately difficult tasks over very easy or very difficult tasks.

Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between anger and fear in terms of physiological responses?

What does the language we use to describe anger suggest about its physiological accuracy?

What happens to the surface skin temperatures of people who are angry?

What does data from non-Western cultures suggest about the links between emotional experience and physiology?

How are the links between emotional experience and physiology believed to be wired in the brain?

What is the publication year of the study mentioned in the text?

According to the James–Lange theory, emotions originate in the peripheral nervous system responses that the central nervous system then interprets.

Which of the following best describes affect?

The Cannon–Bard theory states that emotion-inducing stimuli simultaneously elicit both an emotional experience and bodily responses.

According to the text, which theory of emotion suggests that emotions are rooted in bodily experience?