Psych 1000 Exam 3 (Mizzou, Miller)
Final Questions with Complete
Solutions 2026.
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (i.e., "no
shows" from an experiment they signed-up for)? - Answer The student won't receive an
extra 7 points to their final grade
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student
misses class? - Answer Should contact the instructor and make them up in office hours
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their
iClicker/REEF in class? - Answer Considered cheating
What is the deadline to submit research participation essays (a.k.a. alternative assignments)?
How are these papers submitted? - Answer November 16th via canvas
Sympathetic Nervous System - Answer transmits sensory signals and motor signals between
the central nervous system and the skin, muscle, and joints
Parasympathetic Nervous System - Answer transmits sensory signals and motor signals
between the central nervous system and the body glands and internal organs
Describe James Lange - Answer A bodily response leads to emotion
-"Ignore" the physiological response, minimize the emotional experience
Describe Schachter-Singer (two factor) - Answer the event and the environment are
interpreted to determine the emotion
Describe Cannon- Bard - Answer emotion and physical reaction occur simultaneously and
independently (two different reactions)
Incentive Salience - Answer external stimuli entice us towards certain actions
--It tastes good or an advertisement encourages me to eat it
Example of Incentive Salience - Answer Sarah sees an ad for chips on television and goes to
the kitchen for a snack
, Drive Reduction - Answer perform behaviors to satisfy a biological need
-- haven't eaten in awhile
Example of Drive Reduction - Answer Amanda hasn't had a meal since last night and eats a
sandwich
Homeostasis - Answer regulation of the body to a balance around a single point
-- wanting to get your body back to balance
Example of Homeostasis - Answer Jessica wears a thick sweater when its cold and a delicate
tank-top when its hot
What is BMI and how is it calculated? - Answer Body Mass Index
BMI = weight/ height squared (kg/ m2)
Obese; 35+
Healthy; 18.5 to 25
Underweight; 18.5 or lower
Cephalic Phase - Answer -Social factors (other people)
--We tend to eat more when we are with other people rather than by ourselves
-Learning and conditioning (driving home and seeing a fast food restaurant)
-Chewing and tasting (taking time to eat food, decrease the motivation to eat more)
-Stress
Gastric Phase - Answer -Food goes to the stomach
-The vagus nerve sends a signal to the brain (specifically the medulla)
-Telling the brain if we are hungry or not
-Cholecystokinin (CCK) a chemical signal that tells the brain that we are full and dont have to eat
anymore
Yerkes Dodson Law - Answer the psychological principle that performance on challenging
tasks increasing with arousal up to a moderate level
Primary Emotions - Answer emotion that are innate, evolutionarily adaptive, and universal
(shared across cultures)
Final Questions with Complete
Solutions 2026.
What happens when a student has an unexcused absence from a research experiment (i.e., "no
shows" from an experiment they signed-up for)? - Answer The student won't receive an
extra 7 points to their final grade
What are the policies to make-up missed participation (iClicker/REEF) points when a student
misses class? - Answer Should contact the instructor and make them up in office hours
What is the penalty if a student is absent but has another student respond with their
iClicker/REEF in class? - Answer Considered cheating
What is the deadline to submit research participation essays (a.k.a. alternative assignments)?
How are these papers submitted? - Answer November 16th via canvas
Sympathetic Nervous System - Answer transmits sensory signals and motor signals between
the central nervous system and the skin, muscle, and joints
Parasympathetic Nervous System - Answer transmits sensory signals and motor signals
between the central nervous system and the body glands and internal organs
Describe James Lange - Answer A bodily response leads to emotion
-"Ignore" the physiological response, minimize the emotional experience
Describe Schachter-Singer (two factor) - Answer the event and the environment are
interpreted to determine the emotion
Describe Cannon- Bard - Answer emotion and physical reaction occur simultaneously and
independently (two different reactions)
Incentive Salience - Answer external stimuli entice us towards certain actions
--It tastes good or an advertisement encourages me to eat it
Example of Incentive Salience - Answer Sarah sees an ad for chips on television and goes to
the kitchen for a snack
, Drive Reduction - Answer perform behaviors to satisfy a biological need
-- haven't eaten in awhile
Example of Drive Reduction - Answer Amanda hasn't had a meal since last night and eats a
sandwich
Homeostasis - Answer regulation of the body to a balance around a single point
-- wanting to get your body back to balance
Example of Homeostasis - Answer Jessica wears a thick sweater when its cold and a delicate
tank-top when its hot
What is BMI and how is it calculated? - Answer Body Mass Index
BMI = weight/ height squared (kg/ m2)
Obese; 35+
Healthy; 18.5 to 25
Underweight; 18.5 or lower
Cephalic Phase - Answer -Social factors (other people)
--We tend to eat more when we are with other people rather than by ourselves
-Learning and conditioning (driving home and seeing a fast food restaurant)
-Chewing and tasting (taking time to eat food, decrease the motivation to eat more)
-Stress
Gastric Phase - Answer -Food goes to the stomach
-The vagus nerve sends a signal to the brain (specifically the medulla)
-Telling the brain if we are hungry or not
-Cholecystokinin (CCK) a chemical signal that tells the brain that we are full and dont have to eat
anymore
Yerkes Dodson Law - Answer the psychological principle that performance on challenging
tasks increasing with arousal up to a moderate level
Primary Emotions - Answer emotion that are innate, evolutionarily adaptive, and universal
(shared across cultures)
