Vocab
Define Cognitive
means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
Which of the following did the "Russian Ice Slides" described in "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear" pave the way for?
A. Roller coasters
B. Haunted houses
C. Circus sideshows
D. Halloween celebrations
A. Roller coasters.
What claim in "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" does Dr. Kerr support by referring to the child who was made to fear ordinary rabbits?
A. Not everyone enjoys being afraid
B. Scary experiences can be hard to forget
C. People can be made to fear almost anything.
D. Children can be traumatized by frightening experiences.
C. People can be made to fear almost anything
Define Stimulus
is something that provokes or causes an action or response.
Read the following excerpt from "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear"
Haunted houses are great at this- they deliver a startle scare by triggering one of our senses with different sounds, air blasts, and even smells. These senses are directly tied to our fear response and activate the physical reaction, but our brain has time to process the fact that these are not "real" threats. Our brain is lighting-fast at processing threat. I've seen the process thousands of times from behind the walls in Scarehouse- someone screams and jumps and then immediately starts laughing and smiling.
Why does Dr. Kerr mention that people often start "laughing and smiling" directly after a scare?
A. To show how irrational people can be
B. To show how enjoyable a trip to a haunted house can be
C. To show how quickly the brain determined the threat wasn't real
D. To show how efficiently brain chemicals can alter people's responses to fear
C. To show how quickly the brain determined the threat wasn't real
What is the most likely reason that the author chose Dr. Margee Kerr as the subject of her interview in "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?"
A. Dr. Kerr is a college professor
B. Dr. Kerr enjoys sharing her knowledge
C. Dr. Kerr is on the staff of a haunted house
D. Dr. Kerr is an expert on the topic of fear
D. Dr. Kerr is an expert on the topic of fear
Define dissonance
lack of agreement between the truth and what others want to believe
Read the following excerpt from "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?," which Dr. Kerr states her views.
"One of the most interesting things about studying fear is looking at the social constructions of fear and learned fears versus those fears that appear to be more innate, or even genetic. When we look across time and across the world, we find that people truly can become afraid of anything"
Based on the passage, choose the idea with which Dr. Kerr is most likely to agree.
A. People's fears are determined by human nature
B. Society has an important role in defining what people fear
C. People are only afraid of the things society teaches them to fear
D. Freed from society's pressures, people would probably have no fears.
B. Society has an important role in defining what people fear
What does the research cited in "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" show is the reason that people differ in their reactions to frightening situations, such as haunted houses?
A. Different past experiences
B. Variations in brain chemistry
C. Different Amounts of courage
D. Variations in blood flow to the brain
B. Variations in brain chemistry
Which is the stimulus in the following situation:
A basketball player trains shooting baskets for years. In a big game, at the end of the second half, a teammate passes the ball to him. The player sees that the clock is running down. Realizing that the game is almost over, he instantly decides to shoot, even though he is at mid court. He scores, and his team wins the game.
The clock
A. Different cultures have more similarities than differences
B. Fear is not always negative; it depends on the person and situation
C. Dislike of frightening situations that thrill others is a form of cowardice
D. The experiences very young children have can affect them for many years
E. Thrill- seekers are willing to spend a great deal of money to boost their self- esteem
F. If an adult has a frightening experience followed by a "natural high," it loses its power to be scary.
B. Fear is not always negative; it depends on the person and situation.
D. The experiences very young children have can affect them for many years.
What is necessary for people to enjoy being frightened, according to "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?"
A. Belief that the danger is real
B. The presence of friends or family
C. Belief in the absence of any real danger
D. Familiarity with fight- or flight- feelings
C. Belief in the absence of any real danger.
Which best represents dissonance?
A. A large fish that has 17 legs
B. A sales clerk who behaves rudely
C. A person who can speak several languages
D. An ancient house that makes creaky noises
A. A large fish that has 17 legs
The fear that is shared by people of the world is the fear of things or events that are confusing or unnatural. Which quote from the article best supports the previous claim?
A. Haunted houses are great at this- they deliver a startle scare by triggering one of our senses with different sounds, air blasts, and even smells.
B. Through fear conditioning (connecting a neutral stimulus with a negative consequence), we can link pretty much anything to a fear response.
C. And really anything that doesn't make sense... is going to be scary (axe-wielding animals, masked faces, contorted bodies).
D. Humans have been scaring themselves and each other since the birth of the species, through all kinds of methods...
C. And really anything that doesn't make sense... is going to be scary (axe-wielding animals, masked faces, contorted bodies).
What would be the adjective form (-ive) of the noun word (-ion) of the following sentence:
Some people have an addiction to travel. Going to new places and seeing new sights certainly can be ______
A. Communicative
B. Addictive
C. Insidious
D. Addctve
B. Addictive