Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, the relationship between arousal and performance can be described by a(n)____.

Which of the following terms is concerned with people's ability to predict their emotional reactions to future events?

Research on sexual arousal indicates that the link between self-reported arousal and physiological measures of arousal in the genitals is ____.

Which of the following is a complex, rather than a basic, emotion?

Is the pursuit of happiness a good thing? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples of research studies.

What are the effects of stress on performance? Explain with an example.

Which statement is most accurate regarding the happiness levels of parents?

________________ is a negative emotional feeling and is usually associated with some implicit reproach that one has acted badly or wrongly.

Marcus is talking to his sister on the phone. He accurately senses that she is preoccupied with something and needs to end the phone call. Marcus often has experiences like this where he is able to accurately identify what the other person is feeling. He would probably score high on the ____ branch of a test of emotional intelligence.

Lottery winners are no happier than anyone else a year after their big win. Similarly, people who have experienced minor physical injuries seem to adjust fairly well across time and return to their pre-injury level of happiness. These findings are consistent with research on ____.

The term "affect" refers to ____.

Suppose Hannah is feeling unhappy. An advocate of the ____ theory of emotions might suggest that she "fake it" by smiling happily until she began to feel better. ​

Researcher Paul Ekman and his colleagues have identified that there are six basic emotions. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Which of the following theories of emotion suggests that excitation transfer may sometimes happen?

Disgust tends to make people lower both the selling price of an object and the price they would pay for it.

The degree to which a person experiences the variety and abundance of different human emotions is referred to as ____.

Some have suggested that, if you want a date to develop strong emotions toward you, it is a good idea to take him or her to a place that will be physiologically arousing-such as a horror movie or roller coaster. This idea is consistent with research on ____.

Research suggests that venting one ' s anger is a positive way to reduce anger.

________________ is an emotional response to a real or imagined threat or provocation.

Consider the following quote: "... we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble..." With which of the following theories is this MOST consistent?