Emotion Summative Test - STAGE 1 PSYCHOLOGY



NAME: Suggested answers

Emotion Revision

1. The subjective component of an emotion includes:

J. feelings

K. thoughts

L. facial expressions

M. feelings and thoughts.

2. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for the bodily changes that prepare an organism with a threat?

J. sympathetic

K. parasympathetic

L. central

M. skeletal.

3. What does a polygraph actually record?

J. physiological responses

K. facial expressions associated with lying

L. truthful responses

M. lying

4. After a flight or flight reaction for a threatening situation, which of the following bodily changes is induced by the para-sympathetic nervous system?

J. constriction of the bronchi or lungs

K. an increase in blood pressure

L. release of sugar into the bloodstream

M. gradual slowing of heartbeat.

5. Kyla is walking along the street when she sees a friend whom she has not seen for some time. Kyla smiles and runs towards her fiend with outstretched arms. Kyla’s response is an example of:

J. subjective feelings

K. A physiological response

L. Primary emotions

M. Expressive behaviour

6. Which of the following statements is true?

J. Both gestures (such as waving) and facial expressions (such as smiling) are identical across cultures.

K. Facial expressions are identical across cultures whereas gestures may be difference across cultures

L. gestures are identical across cultures, whereas facial expressions may differ across cultures

M. both gestures and facial expressions are different across cultures.

7. During a flight or fight response for a threatening situation which of the following bodily change is induced by the sympathetic nervous system?

J. a constriction of the lungs

K. a drop in blood pressure

L. release of sugar and adrenaline into the blood stream

M. slowing of the heart beat

Short Answer Section

← 1. (a) Provide the psychological definition for ‘emotion’

A personal experience that involves a mixture of physiological response, subjective feelings, and expressive behaviour.

(b) Explain what psychologists mean by a ‘basic emotion’ and give three examples

Emotions that are common across the human species and which have characteristic physiological, subjective and expressive components. Anger, happy, sad, fear and disgust.

2. The fight or flight response is thought to be a universal response associated with the emotion of

‘fear’.

(a) Outline the physiological changes that occur during this response

Speeding up of the metabolism, liver releases extra glucose, breathing rate increases, digestion slows, pupils dilate, saliva dries up, sweating.

(b) Give the name of the division of the nervous system that is dominant during this response.

Autonomic nervous system/sympathetic division

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3. A psychology researcher asked for 20 volunteers from her psychology class to participate in a research study on physiological arousal (stress) and exam performance. Within 5 minutes of completing an exam students were connected to a polygraph to measure heart rate, breathing rate and galvanic skin response.

On the basis of the results of the polygraph machine students were deemed to have either:

Very high arousal

Moderate arousal

Normal arousal

Low arousal

The researcher compared the results of the polygraph test to the results of the psychology exam

a) State a possible hypothesis for this research

Participants with moderate to very high arousal will have poorer exam performance than participants with normal to low level of arousal (or something similar)

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b) State the independent variable

Physiological arousal/stress

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c) State the dependent variable

Exam performance

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(d) Describe two ethical issues involved when conducting research

General wellbeing – deliberately inducing stress, worries about exam performance etc.

Psychology class – could be under 18 years of age – parental consent needed

Voluntary participation – may have felt pressure due to teacher status

Right to withdraw – if feeling too stressed need to ensure this right

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(e) Circle the appropriate answer

This research is an example of

• Experimental research design

• Quantitative observational research design

• Qualitative research design /1

(f) Circle the appropriate answer

This measures used in this research are

• Subjective Quantitative measures

• Objective Quantitative measures

• Qualitative measures /1

(g) Give an example of the type of question that could be asked in a focus group collecting qualitative research on the issue of stress affecting exam performance.

‘How do your stress levels impact on your test/exam performance at school?’ (Or something similar)

4. Describe how the study of emotions can be explained through each of the four level of explanation in psychology - refer to one of the following examples in your answer:

• Love

• Anger / aggressiveness

• Jealousy

|Biological Level (inside our body) |Basic Processes level (thoughts and feelings / learning which are |

| |universal, memory) |

|Love | |

|Increased heart rate, release of adrenaline, dilated pupils, |Love |

|physiological arousal etc. |Memories with that person, positive perception of them, feeling |

| |emotionally happy when with them/thinking about them, learning what they|

|Anger |like etc. |

|Increased heart rate, release of adrenaline, dilated pupils, | |

|physiological arousal etc. |Anger |

| |Memories of incident occurring before and how it felt, perception of |

| |event being very negative. |

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|Jealousy | |

|Increased heart rate, release of adrenaline, dilated pupils, |Jealousy |

|physiological arousal etc. |Perception of self compared to other person/people, memories of not |

| |being jealous or being better etc. |

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|Person Level (individual differences amongst people) |Socio Cultural level (outside influences) |

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|Love | |

|Age – children love family and friends, older children/adults fall in |Love |

|love with significant other. |Movies, TV shows, social media etc. depicting ‘love and relationships’ |

| |Looking at parents/adults relationships. Cultural differences between |

|Personality – soft hearted, kind, empathetic, emotional etc. |relationships. |

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|Anger | |

|Age – children having more ‘tantrums’ over trivial things. Adults |Anger |

|getting justifiably angry etc. |Movies, TV shows, video games depicting violence. Family/home |

| |environment being volatile, Cultural differences between depiction of |

|Personality – aggressive, stubborn, inflexible etc. |anger i.e. inappropriate in one culture but seen as ‘heroic’ in another |

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|Jealousy |Jealousy |

|Age – children easily jealous of peers, wanting what they have etc. |Social media ‘ideals’ being unrealistic. Family, friends being |

|Adults also feeling this with others their own age. |competitive, culture of winning or being the best at all times etc. |

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|Personality – self-aware, ‘perfectionist’, competitive, low self-esteem | |

|etc. | |

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