Emotions Psychology MCQs

A. A false dischotomy
B. Semantic slanting
C. Circular reasoning
D. Slippery slope

A. The individual becomes emotional, frenzied, and disorganized.
B. Only biological needs can be meet.
C. Performance of the most complex tasks improves.
D. Intellectual products exhibit great creativity.

A. The thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions.
B. The carebellum must give the go-ahead for emotion.
C. Activity in the occipital and parietal lobes happens simultaneously to produce emotions.
D. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work in concert.

A. When one a anticipates the threat or the stressful situation
B. When one knows how long the stressful situation will last
C. When one understands the nature and cause of the situation
D. All of the above

A. Angry
B. Disgusted
C. Happy
D. Scared

A. An electromyocardiograph
B. A galvanic response meter
C. An electroercephalograph
D. A polygraph

A. Attribution
B. James-lange
C. Cannon-Bard
D. Cognitive

A. Animals without a sympathetic nervous system can still experience emotion
B. Animals without an amygdala cannot experience emotion
C. Emotions can never be ‘experienced’ until the body has time to react
D. The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the feeling 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

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