The work of Sheldon Cohen and colleagues has provided strong evidence for the link between psychology and physiology. The key finding of one of his recent studies is that the volunteers injected with a cold virus are ______.
A. more likely to get sick if their parents lived apart and never spoke during their childhood compared to those from intact families
B. more likely to get sick only if they have a history of hypochondriasis
C. more likely to get sick if they are male
D. less likely to get sick of they are in college compared to those not in college because of the high immunity resulting from high stress, highly contagious college environments
Answer: A
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One could reduce anxiety by ____
a. decreasing GABA b. increasing CCK c. blocking CCK d. blocking dopamine
You are quite hungry but don't have a dime to your name. If you were described as "all id and only id'" what would you do?
a) distract yourself with images of food b) steal a hot dog from the vendor on the corner c) run all the way home to get something to eat as soon as possible d) use the defense mechanism of denial to thwart the hunger pangs until an appropriate meal can be obtained
According to the textbook's discussion on anxiety:
a. panic attacks are called the fear of fears because people feel that they are dying.
b. in many situations it is sensible to feel anxiety, and in fact, this emotion is often adaptive.
c. posttraumatic stress disorder occurs within the first two days after a trauma.
d. it is unusual for a mentally healthy person to experience a panic attack.
You and your mother are riding one of the fastest roller coasters in the country
Your interpretation of your adrenaline rush is delight, while your mother interprets her adrenaline rush as fear. Your different interpretations illustrate which theory of emotion? a. the common sense theory b. the James-Lange theory c. Schachter's cognitive theory d. the Cannon-Bard theory