Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

Research suggests that when people feel guilt, they usually ____.

Compared to affects, emotions tend to be relatively simple and automatic.

According to the text, an affect is different than an emotion in that an affect is ____ while an emotion is ____.

Suppose that Natalie and her boyfriend just got into a huge argument, and Natalie went to the gym and punched a punching bag (imagining the whole time that the punching bag was her boyfriend), hoping to "let off some steam." How much will this approach help?

Rojit is extremely frustrated with his boss, Tony, who has asked him to work over the weekend to complete a big project. Rojit deals with his frustration by sneaking into the departmental lounge and surreptitiously stabbing a Voodoo doll that he has made of Tony. He then returns to his desk. According to research, will this help Rojit relieve his anger?

Which of the following emotions is most associated with seeking to do good acts, such as apologizing?

Research suggests that people are speedier and more accurate at problem-solving when they are in negative moods as opposed to positive moods.

Overall happiness tends to ____.

Research on repressing versus venting anger shows that ____.

A good deal of research has examined whether men and women differ in terms of how they experience emotions. This research clearly suggests that the stereotype of ____ is incorrect.

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

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

The feeling of ________________ will lead a person to lower a selling price and increase a payment price.

When a person feels badly because he or she has survived a situation that has caused much suffering to others, then the person is said to be feeling ____.

Affective reactions differ from emotions in a number of ways. For example, affective reactions tend to ____.

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

The factor that appears to be most strongly related to happiness is ____.

Which of the following theories of emotion inspired the facial feedback hypothesis?

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

Emotions are both positive and negative. Once people experience both types of emotion, they generally try to orchestrate their lives to maximize the experience of positive emotion and minimize the experience of negative emotion. This pattern illustrates that emotions provide ____.