Question 2

Heart rate variability (HRV) is a measurement of beat to beat changes in heart rate.

Question 3

Recalling a significantly emotional past event or feeling (positive or negative) can elicit the same physiological response as the original event.

Question 4

Research has shown that rats injected with cortisol will self-administer alcohol (ethanol).

Question 5

Coherence is defined as a state where body systems (most importantly the heart and brain) are in-sync. Clarity of thought and emotional balance are the result.

Question 6

S-IgA is an immune system antibody, and has been shown in research to decrease during periods of stress

Question 7

There is no such thing as adult regeneration of brain cells.

Question 8

It is the perception of a stressor that determines the level of a person's physiological and psychological response to that stressor.

Question 9

Anxiety is always consciously controlled.

Question 10

SERT is a 5-HTT serotonin transporter gene that has been identified in research as a contributing factor, and possible identifier, of those who would succumb to depression or anxiety disorders after periods of chronic stress, and those who would not.

Question 11

SERT appears to be activated by chronic low grade cortisol baths.

Question 12

Because of its reactivity, the genetic predisposition to depression and anxiety due to the short form of SERT, may also predispose a person to significant improvement through intervention.

Question 13

Negative emotions fuel higher cortisol levels

Question 14

The brain will actually produce more receptor sites for cortisol if it is exposed to constant ‘cortisol baths'.

Question 15

ACTH promotes a proliferation of adrenal cortical cells increasing the capacity to produce even more stress hormones.

Question 16

‘Up-regulation' of receptor sites refers to the body's capability to produce more receptor sites for a biochemical it is continually producing.

Question 17

‘Down-regulation' of receptor sites refers to the body's capability to produce more receptor sites for a biochemical it is continually producing.

Question 18

Most traditional stress management programs have focused on the role of emotions and stress.

Question 19

Neural connections from the emotional system in the brain leading to the cognitive system are stronger and more numerous than those flowing from the cognitive to the emotional system.

Question 20

The pattern
of heart rate variability, that is, the heart'm s variability plotted over time, has been shown in research to reflect a person's emotional state.

Question 21

While undergoing an emotional task, young teens were found to activate the amygdala more than the frontal cortex (leading to a more emotionally driven, and less reasoned, emotional response).

Question 22

Stress scales measuring stress from major life events are more accurate than those measuring stress from daily hassles or time pressures.

Question 23

Memory retrieval is impaired, reducing retention performance, while glucocorticoid levels in the brain are high.

Question 24

Memory consolidation is enhanced when glucocorticoids are high, increasing storage of emotional or implicit memory.

Question 25

According to Mike Csikiszentmihalyi positive psychology tells us we no longer have to be an empty vessel merely responding to external stimuli.

Question 26

Positive psychology tells us that in order to develop the positive, we need to look at the positive.

Question 27

The amygdala attaches meaning to reason, thus making reasoning more effective.

Question 28

Electrical impulses traveling from the heart, and up the vagal nerve go straight to the amygdala, or emotional part of the brain.

Question 29

A person with their amygdala surgically removed cannot attach meaning to circumstance.

Question 30

The mood congruency hypothesis states that the emotional part of our brain can only process "like" emotions at a time.

Question 31

Oxytocin is responsible for the "fight or flight" system.

Question 32

Oxytocin is responsible for the "calm and connection" system.

Question 33

Every cell and organ in the body has receptor sites for various biochemicals.

Question 34

The parts of the brain where biochemicals and receptor sites are richest are also the parts of the brain that are involved in emotion.

Question 35

Rats injected with oxytocin were more agitated when compared to other rats.

Question 36

Rats in a cage with other rats injected with oxytocin were calmer compared to other rats.

Question 37

Oxytocin has been shown to increase in humans in response to trust and bonding.

Question 38


Research has shown that intentionally activating an emotional reaction can have the same physiological effect as the original emotion.

Question 39

Intentionally shifting your emotional focus right in the moment of stress can alleviate and reverse the physiological impact of that stress.

Question 40

Sustained practice of emotional re-focusing techniques can actually change the neural patterns in your brain, the biochemistry of your body, and the electrical impulse of your heart.