One of the problems associated with asthma is that once patients experience difficulty breathing, they often make their symptoms worse by concentrating on them and/or worrying about them. Consequently, many doctors include relaxation exercises as part of a treatment program to prevent patients from making their asthmatic reactions worse. This example of how our awareness of physiological changes can influence or even cause subsequent emotions is MOST supportive of which of the following theories of emotion?

Severe stress experienced by a pregnant woman during the __________ trimester results in a higher chance of a male child becoming homosexual.

The abbreviation STI stands for __________.

Which part of the body clears fat and cholesterol from the bloodstream, preventing clogged arteries and reducing the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes?

A national survey estimates that about __________ percent of adult women identify as lesbians.

According to cognitive-mediational theory, appraisal of the situation would come __________ the physical arousal and __________ the experience of emotion.

Which of the following terms is used to describe unpredictable, large-scale events that create a great deal of stress and feelings of threat?

Kofi gets a great deal of fulfillment out of visiting the new art exhibits at the museum in town. He usually visits each exhibit several times during a show and finds beauty in a variety of different types of art works. Kofi is likely to visit the new exhibits in an effort to meet a(n) __________ need.

When examining the rates of homosexuality between identical twins and fraternal twins or non-twin siblings, researchers found that if one identical twin is gay, his brother has a __________ percent chance of being gay as well, and if a fraternal twin is gay, his brother has a __________ percent chance of being gay as well.

Hamer and colleagues discovered that homosexuality may be transmitted by genes on the __________ chromosome, which is passed from mother to son, not father to son.