Emotions & Stress
1. Donna’s emotions are created from her behavior, physiological arousal, and ______of the situation.
2. When Scott went to the top of the Gateway Arch in St. Lewis (I have been there) he began sweating and his heart started pounding. When a friend said he must be excited, he relabeled the physiological reactions as excitement rather than fear, and was able to relax. This would support the ______theory of emotion.
3. After the excitement of her promotion wore off, Karen started to dream about her next promotion and raise. This illustrates: ______
4. Over the years, Angela’s income has increased. However, during the same time, her personal happiness has ______.
Base your answer on the research discussed.
5. When Larry’s professor hands out the Psychology exam, he gets nervous, his heart rate increases, and he begins to perspire. These reactions are activated by his ______nervous system.
6. When Cynthia was getting ready to step off the platform on a zip line ride her heart rate and breathing increased. After the ride everything returned to normal due to the action of her ______nervous system.
7. When Chris had a heart attack his wife taken care of him until she finally needed to hire in-home care for him. As a result, she probably went through all of these stages: ______, ______, ______
8. Sarah and her friends have all been going through stressful times in their life, being fired, divorced, etc. As a result, they are more vulnerable to ______.
9. Kevin is tired and worn out from the stress at work; as a result, he is least likely to get ______.
10. Jim has HIV – the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. He probably received the virus through ______.
11. Sharon and Mark are recently married. As a result, compared to their unmarried friends they are more likely to have ______.
12. Helen has learned to reduce her blood pressure by observing continuing changes in her blood pressure. She is using ______to reduce her blood
13. My son Matt was getting altitude sickness on Mt. Shasta in California. I gave him some motion sickness pills and he began to feel better. If we assume the motion sickness pills did not actually help the altitude sickness, how can we account for the effect of him feeling better? He probably felt better due to ______