PSY 263 ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉autonomic responses. Answer: -sympathetic nervous system
arousal: flight or fight reaction
◉Emotional experiences. Answer: -james lange theory, cannon bard
theory
◉James Lange theory. Answer: -stimulus -> autonomic arousal,
muscle tension -> emotion (perception leads to particular label of
the emotion) "i feel afraid because I tremble"
-evidence favors: -spinal cord injury: less emotional experience
◉Cannon bard theory. Answer: -stimulus -> autonomic arousal,
muscle tension & emotion (both cause effect of stimulus on the
brain, but not conscious) "the dog made me tremble and feel afraid"
◉locked in syndrome. Answer: -damage to brainstem, no motor
function -absence of body movement, etc. -> absence of emotionality,
absence of sensation
,◉hormone responses to stress, threat. Answer: -hypothalamus,
anterior pituitary gland, adrenal cortex *happens in this order, have
to have one release before the other can -elevates blood sugar and
metabolic rate, prepares body to respond
◉hypothalamus. Answer: -releases corticotropin (CRF), releasing
factor
◉anterior pituitary gland. Answer: -releases adrenocorticotropic
hormones (ACTH)
◉adrenal cortex. Answer: -releases cortisol
◉Amygdala. Answer: -anatomy: many regions (nuclei) -central
nucleus of the amygdala
◉facial emotional expression (ekman). Answer: -left half of face
more expressive (right hemisphere)
◉emotional expression. Answer: -innate, unlearned set of faint
muscle movement -cross cultural studies
◉cross cultural studies. Answer: -done with blind (never sighted)
children
, ◉facial emotional recognition. Answer: -right frontal cortex and
amygdala important
◉ortibtofriontal cortex damage. Answer: -indifference,
inappropriate social behavior, lack of restraint and inhibitions,
decreased emotionality, decreased planning and forethought
◉prefrontal lobotomy leucotomy. Answer: -moniz, freeman and
watts -did operation to psychiatric patients -damage to frontal lobes,
esp. orbitofrontal cortex
◉serotonin aggression. Answer: -low levels or decrease turnover
makes aggressiveness
◉testosterone aggression. Answer: -high levels in aggressiveness
◉Sound waves. Answer: -amplitude, frequency, complexity
◉frequency. Answer: -> pitch -shorter sound waves, higher pitched -
humans 20-20000 cycles per sec (Hz)
◉amplitude. Answer: -loudness
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉autonomic responses. Answer: -sympathetic nervous system
arousal: flight or fight reaction
◉Emotional experiences. Answer: -james lange theory, cannon bard
theory
◉James Lange theory. Answer: -stimulus -> autonomic arousal,
muscle tension -> emotion (perception leads to particular label of
the emotion) "i feel afraid because I tremble"
-evidence favors: -spinal cord injury: less emotional experience
◉Cannon bard theory. Answer: -stimulus -> autonomic arousal,
muscle tension & emotion (both cause effect of stimulus on the
brain, but not conscious) "the dog made me tremble and feel afraid"
◉locked in syndrome. Answer: -damage to brainstem, no motor
function -absence of body movement, etc. -> absence of emotionality,
absence of sensation
,◉hormone responses to stress, threat. Answer: -hypothalamus,
anterior pituitary gland, adrenal cortex *happens in this order, have
to have one release before the other can -elevates blood sugar and
metabolic rate, prepares body to respond
◉hypothalamus. Answer: -releases corticotropin (CRF), releasing
factor
◉anterior pituitary gland. Answer: -releases adrenocorticotropic
hormones (ACTH)
◉adrenal cortex. Answer: -releases cortisol
◉Amygdala. Answer: -anatomy: many regions (nuclei) -central
nucleus of the amygdala
◉facial emotional expression (ekman). Answer: -left half of face
more expressive (right hemisphere)
◉emotional expression. Answer: -innate, unlearned set of faint
muscle movement -cross cultural studies
◉cross cultural studies. Answer: -done with blind (never sighted)
children
, ◉facial emotional recognition. Answer: -right frontal cortex and
amygdala important
◉ortibtofriontal cortex damage. Answer: -indifference,
inappropriate social behavior, lack of restraint and inhibitions,
decreased emotionality, decreased planning and forethought
◉prefrontal lobotomy leucotomy. Answer: -moniz, freeman and
watts -did operation to psychiatric patients -damage to frontal lobes,
esp. orbitofrontal cortex
◉serotonin aggression. Answer: -low levels or decrease turnover
makes aggressiveness
◉testosterone aggression. Answer: -high levels in aggressiveness
◉Sound waves. Answer: -amplitude, frequency, complexity
◉frequency. Answer: -> pitch -shorter sound waves, higher pitched -
humans 20-20000 cycles per sec (Hz)
◉amplitude. Answer: -loudness
