Question 1

Which of the following Big Five personality factors is correlated with the amount of activity in the neural reward circuit during gambling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Extraversion 
B)  Agreeableness 
C)  Conscientiousness 
D)  Neuroticism 
A)  Extraversion 
B)  Agreeableness 
C)  Conscientiousness 
D)  Neuroticism A

Question 2

In a study described in your textbook (Bushman, 2002), participants received critical feedback on an essay from a person described as another participant. They then had opportunities to hit a punching bag and administer loud, annoying noises to the "other participant." Which of the following accurately describes the results?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men punched the bag harder, administered louder noise blasts, and were in a better mood at the end of the study than women. 
B)  Women punched the bag harder, administered louder noise blasts, and were in a better mood at the end of the study than men. 
C)  Women punched the bag harder than men did, but men administered louder noise blasts than women did. 
D)  Men punched the bag harder than women did, but women administered louder noise blasts than men did. 
A)  Men punched the bag harder, administered louder noise blasts, and were in a better mood at the end of the study than women. 
B)  Women punched the bag harder, administered louder noise blasts, and were in a better mood at the end of the study than men. 
C)  Women punched the bag harder than men did, but men administered louder noise blasts than women did. 
D)  Men punched the bag harder than women did, but women administered louder noise blasts than men did. A

Question 3

Extraversion is the only Big Five personality factor that significantly predicts people's dispositional tendency to experience positive emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

List three of the Big Five personality factors described in your textbook and, for each, describe one aspect of emotion that has been found to correlate with that aspect of personality.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but may include: Extr

Question 5

Which of the following sex differences was observed in a large, nationally representative study of adults in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women reported feeling more positive emotion than did men. 
B)  Women reported feeling more fear than did men. 
C)  Men reported feeling more anger than did women. 
D)  All of the sex differences described above were observed in the study. 
A)  Women reported feeling more positive emotion than did men. 
B)  Women reported feeling more fear than did men. 
C)  Men reported feeling more anger than did women. 
D)  All of the sex differences described above were observed in the study.

Question 6

Much research indicates that the personality trait of Extraversion is associated with high dispositional positive emotionality. Summarize two possible explanations for this association, discussed in your textbook.

Accepted Answer

(i) Both extraversion and positive emoti

Question 7

In a study by Klein and Hodges (2001), participants watched a video of a woman who had recently scored poorly on an important test, talking about her experience. At several points during the video, participants were asked to guess what the woman was thinking and feeling. Which of the following best describes the implications of the study results?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women are naturally more capable of empathy than men. 
B)  Men are better at guessing others' thoughts, whereas women are better at empathizing with others' feelings. 
C)  Women feel more sympathy for others than do men, but men and women show similar ability to infer others' thoughts and feelings. 
D)  Men and women are equally capable of empathy, but men may empathize more selectively than women. 
A)  Women are naturally more capable of empathy than men. 
B)  Men are better at guessing others' thoughts, whereas women are better at empathizing with others' feelings. 
C)  Women feel more sympathy for others than do men, but men and women show similar ability to infer others' thoughts and feelings. 
D)  Men and women are equally capable of empathy, but men may empathize more selectively than women.

Question 8

Which of the following is the best definition of the Big Five personality trait Neuroticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frequent belief that other people disrespect you and are making fun of you 
B)  High dispositional pessimism, the belief that things will always go wrong 
C)  Overall level of psychopathology, defined according to DSM-V criteria 
D)  High dispositional frequency and intensity of negative emotion experience 
A)  Frequent belief that other people disrespect you and are making fun of you 
B)  High dispositional pessimism, the belief that things will always go wrong 
C)  Overall level of psychopathology, defined according to DSM-V criteria 
D)  High dispositional frequency and intensity of negative emotion experience

Question 9

Which of the following best summarizes the effects of having serotonin transporter gene alleles, rather than long alleles?

Accepted Answer

A)  People with alleles tend to experience stronger negative emotions than people with long alleles. 
B)  People with alleles are at higher overall risk of psychopathology than people with long alleles. 
C)  People with alleles tend to be more agreeable and conscientious than people with long alleles. 
D)  People with alleles tend to be more reactive to social and emotional qualities of the environment than people with long alleles. 
A)  People with alleles tend to experience stronger negative emotions than people with long alleles. 
B)  People with alleles are at higher overall risk of psychopathology than people with long alleles. 
C)  People with alleles tend to be more agreeable and conscientious than people with long alleles. 
D)  People with alleles tend to be more reactive to social and emotional qualities of the environment than people with long alleles.

Question 10

In a study described in your textbook (Hecht & LaFrance, 1998), same-sex pairs of participants engaged in conversations in the lab. In some conversations one partner had power over the other in a mock job interview. Results showed that smiling behavior and self-reported positive affect were positively correlated among high-power participants, but uncorrelated among low-power participants. Which of the following accurately describes the implications of this finding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women naturally experience more positive emotion than men do. 
B)  People in positions of power express their emotions more openly than those in low-power positions. 
C)  Women express positive emotions more authentically than men do. 
D)  Men enjoy being in power more than women do. 
A)  Women naturally experience more positive emotion than men do. 
B)  People in positions of power express their emotions more openly than those in low-power positions. 
C)  Women express positive emotions more authentically than men do. 
D)  Men enjoy being in power more than women do.

Question 11

Questionnaire data suggest that, in countries throughout the world, men express anger more openly than women do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Much research indicates that activation in the within the right and left hemispheres has differential implications for dispositional emotion; greater activity on the right side predicts a tendency toward sadness and depression, whereas greater activity on the left predicts happiness.

Accepted Answer

A)  frontal lobe 
B)  amygdala 
C)  insular cortex 
D)  nucleus accumbens 
A)  frontal lobe 
B)  amygdala 
C)  insular cortex 
D)  nucleus accumbens

Question 13

Research on the serotonin transporter gene, described in your textbook, offers a good example of a moderator effect - when the implications of one variable depend on one's level of some other variable. In this case, the effects of having vs. long serotonin transporter genes (or one of each) appears to moderate the effects of one's environment. Summarize the nature of this effect, and give one example of a specific research study, described in your textbook, that illustrates this moderating effect.

Accepted Answer

(i) People with one or more short seroto

Question 14

Maria is extremely sociable and loves meeting new people; her friends often call her "the life of the party." Maria is clearly high on the personality trait of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Extraversion 
B)  Agreeableness 
C)  Conscentiousness 
D)  Openness to Experience 
A)  Extraversion 
B)  Agreeableness 
C)  Conscentiousness 
D)  Openness to Experience

Question 15

Which of the following statements about gender and emotional expression is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  In countries throughout the world, women report crying more often than men. 
B)  In countries throughout the world, men report expressing anger more openly than do women. 
C)  Although men report experiencing more positive emotion than women, women smile more often than men. 
D)  None of the above are false; all are true. 
A)  In countries throughout the world, women report crying more often than men. 
B)  In countries throughout the world, men report expressing anger more openly than do women. 
C)  Although men report experiencing more positive emotion than women, women smile more often than men. 
D)  None of the above are false; all are true.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT used as an approach to scoring the MSCEIT - the test of emotional intelligence described in your textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  Correct answers are determined by someone who has actually had the experience described in each question. 
B)  Correct answers are chosen based on empirical research on the outcomes of each possible course of action for each question in the test. 
C)  The answer given by the greatest number of people taking the test is considered the correct answer. 
D)  The answer selected by experts, typically people who do research on emotion. 
A)  Correct answers are determined by someone who has actually had the experience described in each question. 
B)  Correct answers are chosen based on empirical research on the outcomes of each possible course of action for each question in the test. 
C)  The answer given by the greatest number of people taking the test is considered the correct answer. 
D)  The answer selected by experts, typically people who do research on emotion.

Question 17

Behavioral genetics studies suggest that the proportion of variability in people's emotional dispositions than can be accounted for by genes is .

Accepted Answer

A)  between 10 and 25 percent 
B)  between 20 and 60 percent 
C)  between 50 and 75 percent 
D)  between 70 and 90 percent 
A)  between 10 and 25 percent 
B)  between 20 and 60 percent 
C)  between 50 and 75 percent 
D)  between 70 and 90 percent

Question 18

Research evidence has documented a correlation between people's skill at regulating their emotions and scores on which of the following Big Five personality traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agreeableness 
B)  Conscientiousness 
C)  Neuroticism 
D)  All of the above have been linked to emotion regulation ability 
A)  Agreeableness 
B)  Conscientiousness 
C)  Neuroticism 
D)  All of the above have been linked to emotion regulation ability

Question 19

Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between gender egalitarianism and people's experience of emotion is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women in more egalitarian countries report feeling fear and sadness less often than those in countries where women have less power. 
B)  Men in more egalitarian countries report feeling fear and sadness less often than those in countries where women have less power. 
C)  Women in more egalitarian countries report expressing more anger than those in countries where women have less power. 
D)  All of the above are true; none are false. 
A)  Women in more egalitarian countries report feeling fear and sadness less often than those in countries where women have less power. 
B)  Men in more egalitarian countries report feeling fear and sadness less often than those in countries where women have less power. 
C)  Women in more egalitarian countries report expressing more anger than those in countries where women have less power. 
D)  All of the above are true; none are false.

Question 20

In a large, nationally representative study of adults in the United States (Simon & Nath, 2004), researchers found than men reported experiencing positive emotions more often than did women. What two possible explanations for this were suggested in your textbook, and what do those two explanations have in common?

Accepted Answer

(i) Men's environments provide more obje

Which of the following Big Five personality factors is correlated with the amount of activity in the neural reward circuit during gambling?

Extraversion is the only Big Five personality factor that significantly predicts people's dispositional tendency to experience positive emotions.

List three of the Big Five personality factors described in your textbook and, for each, describe one aspect of emotion that has been found to correlate with that aspect of personality.

Which of the following sex differences was observed in a large, nationally representative study of adults in the United States?

Much research indicates that the personality trait of Extraversion is associated with high dispositional positive emotionality. Summarize two possible explanations for this association, discussed in your textbook.

Which of the following is the best definition of the Big Five personality trait Neuroticism?

Which of the following best summarizes the effects of having serotonin transporter gene alleles, rather than long alleles?

Questionnaire data suggest that, in countries throughout the world, men express anger more openly than women do.

Much research indicates that activation in the within the right and left hemispheres has differential implications for dispositional emotion; greater activity on the right side predicts a tendency toward sadness and depression, whereas greater activity on the left predicts happiness.

Maria is extremely sociable and loves meeting new people; her friends often call her "the life of the party." Maria is clearly high on the personality trait of:

Which of the following statements about gender and emotional expression is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT used as an approach to scoring the MSCEIT - the test of emotional intelligence described in your textbook?

Behavioral genetics studies suggest that the proportion of variability in people's emotional dispositions than can be accounted for by genes is .

Research evidence has documented a correlation between people's skill at regulating their emotions and scores on which of the following Big Five personality traits?

Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between gender egalitarianism and people's experience of emotion is FALSE?

The Nature of Emotion

The Evolution of Emotion

Culture and Emotion

What Elicits Emotions

Emotional Expression in the Face, Posture, and Voice

Emotion and the Central Nervous System

The Autonomic Nervous System and Hormones

Emotional Development

Emotion in Relationships and Society

Emotion and Cognition

The Value of Negative Emotions

Happiness and the Positive Emotions

Emotion in Clinical Psychology

Emotion Regulation

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Exam 13: Individual Differences in Emotion

Which of the following Big Five personality factors is correlated with the amount of activity in the neural reward circuit during gambling?

Extraversion is the only Big Five personality factor that significantly predicts people's dispositional tendency to experience positive emotions.

List three of the Big Five personality factors described in your textbook and, for each, describe one aspect of emotion that has been found to correlate with that aspect of personality.

Which of the following sex differences was observed in a large, nationally representative study of adults in the United States?

Much research indicates that the personality trait of Extraversion is associated with high dispositional positive emotionality. Summarize two possible explanations for this association, discussed in your textbook.

Which of the following is the best definition of the Big Five personality trait Neuroticism?

Which of the following best summarizes the effects of having serotonin transporter gene alleles, rather than long alleles?

Questionnaire data suggest that, in countries throughout the world, men express anger more openly than women do.

Much research indicates that activation in the within the right and left hemispheres has differential implications for dispositional emotion; greater activity on the right side predicts a tendency toward sadness and depression, whereas greater activity on the left predicts happiness.

Maria is extremely sociable and loves meeting new people; her friends often call her "the life of the party." Maria is clearly high on the personality trait of:

Which of the following statements about gender and emotional expression is FALSE?

Which of the following is NOT used as an approach to scoring the MSCEIT - the test of emotional intelligence described in your textbook?

Behavioral genetics studies suggest that the proportion of variability in people's emotional dispositions than can be accounted for by genes is .

Research evidence has documented a correlation between people's skill at regulating their emotions and scores on which of the following Big Five personality traits?

Which of the following statements regarding the relationship between gender egalitarianism and people's experience of emotion is FALSE?

The Nature of Emotion

The Evolution of Emotion

Culture and Emotion

What Elicits Emotions

Emotional Expression in the Face, Posture, and Voice

Emotion and the Central Nervous System

The Autonomic Nervous System and Hormones

Emotional Development

Emotion in Relationships and Society

Emotion and Cognition

The Value of Negative Emotions

Happiness and the Positive Emotions

Emotion in Clinical Psychology

Emotion Regulation

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