Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

Even though Amanda  met Diego  just  two minutes ago, she has a good feeling about him right off the bat. According to the ____ hypothesis, it is therefore likely that Amanda will also decide within minutes that Diego is a good person.

Sadness is likely to make people ____.

In social psychology, the term "arousal" is used to refer to ____.

Having Botox injections to one's face is likely to ____ one's ability to understand others' emotions.

People use many strategies to try to regulate affect and stay in a good mood. While the data are very complex, research suggests that one of the most effective strategies is ____.

Why is emotional intelligence said to be important in the business world? Explain with an example.

In which of the following situations would you be most likely to have a Duchenne smile on your face? ​

The James-Lange theory of emotion and the facial feedback hypothesis are similar in that they both suggest that, in emotional situations, ____.

Emotions are ____, whereas moods are ____.

Anxiety discourages people from planning ahead.

According to the ________________ law, the relationship between arousal and performance is an inverted U-shaped curve; arousal helps performance up to a certain point, but too much arousal hurts performance.

When people are asked to predict how they would feel if a certain event occurred in their lives, they are ____ at predicting which emotion they would feel. Research additionally shows that these same people are ____ at predicting how long they would be emotionally affected.

The risk-as-feelings hypothesis suggests that ____.

Is the physiological arousal state the same for all emotions? Current research suggests that ____.

How one feels about one's health (how satisfied one is with one's health)is a stronger predictor of happiness than is one's actual level of health.

According to the ____, children with Moebius syndrome-a neurological condition that affects the ability to use one's facial muscles-should have diminished intensity of their emotions.

Art has just been for a long run at the beach. When he arrives home, he is still breathing hard and his heart is still racing; he is physiologically highly aroused. When a neighbor bumps into him in the hallway, Art gets angry and verbally attacks the neighbor. He demands, "Did you just push me? Do you have a problem?" It seems like Art may have misattributed his arousal (from his run to his neighbor). That is, Art's behavior illustrates ____.

Which of the following themes is supported by the fact that children learn to conceal their emotions as they grow up?

________________ is sometimes defined as a result of mapping all emotions onto a single good-bad dimension.

One study found that physicians who were given candy were faster and more accurate at diagnosing a disease than were physicians who were not given candy. Additional research suggests that these results can best be explained by the idea that ____.