Exam 6: Emotion and Affect
Anya is trying to predict how upset she would be if she got into a car accident and her car was completely totaled. Psychologists would say that Anya is engaging in affective forecasting.
True
Researcher Paul Ekman and his colleagues have suggested that there are six basic emotions. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
B
Describe the branches, or dimensions, of emotional intelligence.
a. The first dimension of emotional intelligence is Perceiving Emotions. It involves the ability to recognize how you, and those around you, are feeling, as well as perceiving emotions accurately in objects, art, music, and so forth.b. The second dimension of emotional intelligence is Facilitating Thought. It involves the ability to generate and emotion and then reason with that feeling.c. The third dimension of Emotional Intelligence is Understanding Emotions. It is the ability to understand complex emotions and how emotions can transition from one stage to another.d. The fourth dimension of Emotional Intelligence is Managing Emotions. It involves the ability to be open to feelings, to modulate them in oneself and others so as to promote personal understanding and growth.
Rozin's research in which he presented apple juice that had been contaminated with a dead cockroach (although the roach was removed)to children and adults reveals that ____.
According to the ________________ law, the relationship between arousal and performance is best described by an inverted U-shaped curve; arousal helps performance up to a point, but too much arousal hurts performance.
Research on gender differences in the experience of love suggests that, compared to women, men ____.
A feeling state that is not clearly linked to any particular event is known as a(n)________________.
The term "affect balance" refers to the degree to which a person's affects are stable, or consistent, across time.
Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" has shown that both state lottery winners and paralysis victims ____, although paralysis victims ____.
One study found that physicians who were given candy were faster and more accurate in diagnosing a case study than physicians who weren't given candy. Additional research suggests that these results can best be explained by the idea that ____.
What term is concerned with people's ability to predict their emotional reactions to future events?
Washing one's hands is thought to most influence which of the following emotions?
According to the ________________ theory of emotion, "we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, [and] afraid because we tremble."
Bechara et al. (1997)conducted a study in which they allowed participants to draw from various decks of cards. For some decks, the cards generally signaled a "win" of a small amount of money. Other decks dealt with larger amounts but you could win or lose money. In this study, the people who lacked emotion tended to ____.
A famous study conducted by social psychologists Aron and Dutton, found that a female experimenter was most likely to be called by participants after they had walked across a scary, narrow bridge as opposed to after they had walked across a normal, stable bridge. This finding can be most easily explained by ____.
Which of the following is an example of a low arousal and pleasant emotion?
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