AP Psychology Module 41-44 Vocabulary Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: emotion
Answer: a response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and
conscious experience
Question 2: James-Lange Theory
Answer: the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to
emotion-arousing stimuli
Question 3: Cannon-Bard Theory
Answer: the theory that an emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously triggers physiological responses and
the subjective experience of emotion
Question 4: two-factor theory
Answer: the Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and
cognitively label the arousal
Question 5: polygraph
Answer: a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological
responses accompanying emotion
Question 6: facial feedback effect
Answer: the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or
happiness
Question 7: health psychology
Answer: a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
Question 8: stress
Answer: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise
as threatening or challenging
Question 9: tend-and-befriend response
Answer: under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: emotion
Answer: a response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and
conscious experience
Question 2: James-Lange Theory
Answer: the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to
emotion-arousing stimuli
Question 3: Cannon-Bard Theory
Answer: the theory that an emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously triggers physiological responses and
the subjective experience of emotion
Question 4: two-factor theory
Answer: the Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and
cognitively label the arousal
Question 5: polygraph
Answer: a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological
responses accompanying emotion
Question 6: facial feedback effect
Answer: the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or
happiness
Question 7: health psychology
Answer: a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine
Question 8: stress
Answer: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise
as threatening or challenging
Question 9: tend-and-befriend response
Answer: under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others
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