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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 8
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Question 1: 10 Basic Emotions
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Joy, Interest-Excitement, Surprise, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, Contempt, Fear, Shame, and Guilt
Question 2: Experienced Emotion
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Carroll Izard propsed there are 10 basic emotions, the rest are combined. In describing emotions, people place them along two basic dimensions arousal (high versus low) and valence (pleasant versus unpleasant)
Question 3: Anorexia Patients
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Are most likely to have parents who are high-achieving and protective
Question 4: Binge-Eating Disorder
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Characterized by spurts of excessive overeating followed by remorse - but do not binge, purge, fast or exercise excessively
Question 5: Taste Preferences
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Are influenced by learning experiences
Question 6: Epinephrine
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Released by the adernal glands, a hormone that increases heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels in times of emergency. Adrenaline and No-adrenaline are referred to as this and norepinphrine.
Question 7: One gene scan of 40,000 people
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Identified a variant of the gene FTO that nearly doubles the risk of obesity
Question 8: Catharsis Hypothesis Example
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Suggest by a psychologist to reduce anger by tearing pictures of your ex mate
Question 9: Cognition Does Not Always Precede Emotion Part Two
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Visual input goes through the prefrontal cortex, and is routed from the thalamus directly to the amygdala. Zajonc's research illustrates that people can an emotional preference for stimuli which they have been unknowingly exposed
Question 10: Identical Twins vs Fraternal Twins
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In terms of relationship between genetics and eating disorders, these twins are more likely to share the disorder then the other
Question 11: Viewing woman being sexually coerced
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Can lead to people to be more willing to hurt women
Question 12: Set Point Example
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When an organism's weight falls below its set point, the organism will increase in hunger and decrease in basal metabolic weight
Question 13: Social and cultural factors influence obesity
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Researchers observed the incidence of obesity among 50,000 nurses was predicted by their TV-viewing habits
Question 14: Stress Example Part Two
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The test you showcase your knowledge while your friend thinks it will demonstrate their failings, your stress responses differ based on your distinct appraisals of the situation
Question 15: Telomeres
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End caps that protect chromosomes, as we age these shorten and eventually cell division stops
Question 16: Set Point
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Specific body weight which is maintained automatically by most adults over time. Illustrates an explanation of motivation in terms of homeostasis
Question 17: Type B
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Individuals are easy going, tolerant, relaxed, reflective, experience lower levels of anxiety, and display higher levels of imagination and creativity.
Question 18: The Guilty Knowledge Test Part One
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A test used to assess a suspect's responses to details of a crime, lie detector tests err about one third of the time, lie detector tests more likely make innocent guilty then let guilty be innocent
Question 19: T Lymphocytes
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Inhibit viral infections
Question 20: Premarital Sexual Activity
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Is higher among American teens who consume rather than abstain from alcohol
Question 21: Drive Example
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Thirst
Question 22: Diminishing Returns Phenomenon Part Two
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Familiar to economists as diminishing marginal utility
Question 23: Experienced Emotion
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Love is a mixture of interest-excitement and joy
Question 24: Nucleus Accumbens Example
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Electrically stimulating of this has been observed to trigger smiling and laughter in depressed patients
Question 25: Adult males who suffer castration
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Research indicates experience a decline in their sex drive
Question 26: Sexual Orientation
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Our sexual attraction toward members of either the same sex or the opposite sex. Homosexual orientation is persistent and difficult to change, they report becoming aware of their same sex attraction when young
Question 27: The Stress Response System Part Two
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Walter Cannon perceived the stress response to be highly adoptive because it prepared the organism for fight or flight.