Question 1

Which of the following statements about using film clips to induce emotions is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Film clips are effective at altering participants' arousal levels, but have never successfully elicited more specific emotion states 
B) Researchers have never thoroughly validated the existing film clip databases, so their effects on participants' emotion states are unclear 
C) Film clips have been shown to induce a variety of discrete emotion states, such as amusement, anger, disgust, and sadness 
D) Attempts to create validated film clip stimuli sets have revealed that movies are deeply personal and therefore it is not possible to induce consistent emotion states within multiple participants 
E) All of the above statements are true 
A) Film clips are effective at altering participants' arousal levels, but have never successfully elicited more specific emotion states 
B) Researchers have never thoroughly validated the existing film clip databases, so their effects on participants' emotion states are unclear 
C) Film clips have been shown to induce a variety of discrete emotion states, such as amusement, anger, disgust, and sadness 
D) Attempts to create validated film clip stimuli sets have revealed that movies are deeply personal and therefore it is not possible to induce consistent emotion states within multiple participants 
E) All of the above statements are true C

Question 2

Which measure of emotion is prone to the following methodological issues: high experimental demand, difficulty in using it across multiple cultures and age groups, and highly subjective?

Accepted Answer

A) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 
B) Measures of autonomic nervous system, like pupillary dilation and skin conductance 
C) Facial electromyography (EMG) 
D) Language-based questionnaires 
A) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 
B) Measures of autonomic nervous system, like pupillary dilation and skin conductance 
C) Facial electromyography (EMG) 
D) Language-based questionnaires D

Question 3

Which of the following methodologies is a correlational design?

Accepted Answer

A) Experiment with random assignment 
B) Experience sampling method 
C) Scripted social interaction 
D) Emotion induction with memory recall 
A) Experiment with random assignment 
B) Experience sampling method 
C) Scripted social interaction 
D) Emotion induction with memory recall B

Question 4

The following hypothetical studies are designed to test the relationship between anger (versus happiness) and self-control. Which could be considered a quasi-experimental study?

Accepted Answer

A) The researchers are stationed outside of a football stadium after a big game. They ask fans of both the winning and losing teams, who are expected to be feeling increased joy and anger, respectively, to choose between a healthy snack and potato chips. 
B) Participants come to the lab and are randomly assigned to the Angry or Happy condition. The Angry condition participants are instructed to clench their fists and jaws while they complete a Go-No Go task, which measures inhibitory control. The Happy participants are instructed to bounce playfully in their seats during the Go-No Go task. 
C) Participants come to the lab and are asked to recall either happy or angry memories, depending on which condition they were assigned to. Afterwards they are asked to choose between a healthy snack and potato chips. 
D) For two weeks participants carry special smartphones that beep at random intervals throughout the day, prompting them to answer a few questions about their current emotions and the activities they are currently engaged in. The researchers are particularly interested in the emotions accompanying activities associated with low self-control, like binge-watching TV, drinking, and eating junk food 
A) The researchers are stationed outside of a football stadium after a big game. They ask fans of both the winning and losing teams, who are expected to be feeling increased joy and anger, respectively, to choose between a healthy snack and potato chips. 
B) Participants come to the lab and are randomly assigned to the Angry or Happy condition. The Angry condition participants are instructed to clench their fists and jaws while they complete a Go-No Go task, which measures inhibitory control. The Happy participants are instructed to bounce playfully in their seats during the Go-No Go task. 
C) Participants come to the lab and are asked to recall either happy or angry memories, depending on which condition they were assigned to. Afterwards they are asked to choose between a healthy snack and potato chips. 
D) For two weeks participants carry special smartphones that beep at random intervals throughout the day, prompting them to answer a few questions about their current emotions and the activities they are currently engaged in. The researchers are particularly interested in the emotions accompanying activities associated with low self-control, like binge-watching TV, drinking, and eating junk food

Question 5

What does the somatic nervous system control?

Accepted Answer

A) Skeletal muscles 
B) Smooth muscles of the organs 
C) Digestive system 
D) Cortisol 
A) Skeletal muscles 
B) Smooth muscles of the organs 
C) Digestive system 
D) Cortisol

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the relationship between emotions and music is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Songs can have person-specific emotional effects if, for instance, the individual associates the song with an emotional memory 
B) Songs can have general and predictable emotional effects across participants because of universal links between emotion and properties of music, such as dissonance and tempo 
C) Research suggests that music tends to elicit subtle and diffuse affective states rather than intense, discrete emotions 
D) All of the above statements are true 
A) Songs can have person-specific emotional effects if, for instance, the individual associates the song with an emotional memory 
B) Songs can have general and predictable emotional effects across participants because of universal links between emotion and properties of music, such as dissonance and tempo 
C) Research suggests that music tends to elicit subtle and diffuse affective states rather than intense, discrete emotions 
D) All of the above statements are true

Question 7

Which of the following study designs best illustrates a scripted social interaction experiment?

Accepted Answer

A) The participant first views a highly amusing video and completes a spatial rotation task. They then view a sad video and complete the spatial rotation task again. 
B) The participant is instructed to walk down the hall to begin the experiment, and while they are walking a confederate bumps into them and makes a rude comment. The participant's arousal level is then measured 
C) The participant is asked to keep a diary account of their everyday conversations for two weeks and report on how their daily interactions make them feel 
D) The experimenter uses a script to instruct the participants on how to make a series of facial expressions, then measures how the participant's blood pressure and heart rate changes as a result of the posed expression 
A) The participant first views a highly amusing video and completes a spatial rotation task. They then view a sad video and complete the spatial rotation task again. 
B) The participant is instructed to walk down the hall to begin the experiment, and while they are walking a confederate bumps into them and makes a rude comment. The participant's arousal level is then measured 
C) The participant is asked to keep a diary account of their everyday conversations for two weeks and report on how their daily interactions make them feel 
D) The experimenter uses a script to instruct the participants on how to make a series of facial expressions, then measures how the participant's blood pressure and heart rate changes as a result of the posed expression

Question 8

In a psychology experiment, what is a ""confederate""?

Accepted Answer

A) A fake participant who is a part of the experimental manipulation 
B) A type of debriefing script where the participant is informed of the deception involved in the study 
C) A participant who figures out the purpose of the study partway through and behaves the way they think the experimenter wants them to behave 
D) A control condition participant in a quasi-experiment 
A) A fake participant who is a part of the experimental manipulation 
B) A type of debriefing script where the participant is informed of the deception involved in the study 
C) A participant who figures out the purpose of the study partway through and behaves the way they think the experimenter wants them to behave 
D) A control condition participant in a quasi-experiment

Question 9

What are the benefits of the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) compared to other mood measures, like the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)?

Accepted Answer

A) It can be used with children and adults, and across different cultures, without the need for translation 
B) It is better validated than the PANAS 
C) It measures discrete emotion states better than other scales 
D) All of the above 
A) It can be used with children and adults, and across different cultures, without the need for translation 
B) It is better validated than the PANAS 
C) It measures discrete emotion states better than other scales 
D) All of the above

Question 10

What is one way to minimize experimental demand?

Accepted Answer

A) Use a cover story in your study 
B) Give participants plenty of breaks throughout the task 
C) Tell participants up front exactly what hypothesis you are testing 
D) Use random assignment 
A) Use a cover story in your study 
B) Give participants plenty of breaks throughout the task 
C) Tell participants up front exactly what hypothesis you are testing 
D) Use random assignment

Question 11

Brock and Becker (1966), and subsequently other researchers, conducted studies in which an apparatus the participant is using is rigged to break. What emotion were they trying to induce?

Accepted Answer

A) Anger 
B) Surprise 
C) Smusement 
D) Guilt 
A) Anger 
B) Surprise 
C) Smusement 
D) Guilt

Question 12

Why might a researcher choose to use electromyography (EMG) to quantify facial muscle activity instead of Facial Action Coding Scheme (FACS) ratings?

Accepted Answer

A) If the researcher wants to easily measure the movement of all facial action units 
B) If the researcher is interested in detecting small muscle contractions that are not visible to observers 
C) If the participant needs to be active and moving around during the experimental procedure 
D) If the facial expressions of the participant are expected to be big and exaggerated 
A) If the researcher wants to easily measure the movement of all facial action units 
B) If the researcher is interested in detecting small muscle contractions that are not visible to observers 
C) If the participant needs to be active and moving around during the experimental procedure 
D) If the facial expressions of the participant are expected to be big and exaggerated

Question 13

Which emotion induction technique depends the most on the participant's own experiences and will therefore likely have more variability across participants?

Accepted Answer

A) Viewing validated affective images 
B) Recalling emotional memories 
C) Listening to validated evocative music 
D) Viewing validated affective video clips 
A) Viewing validated affective images 
B) Recalling emotional memories 
C) Listening to validated evocative music 
D) Viewing validated affective video clips

Question 14

What does it mean when we say a stimulus set, such as the International Affective Picture System, is ""validated"" and ""standardized""?

Accepted Answer

A) Depending on the individual participant, the stimuli have a range of emotional effects, granting the researcher ample variability in their independent variable 
B) The stimuli are highly familiar to the average participant, such as movies most people have seen 
C) The stimuli were selected and pretested to ensure that they have the intended emotional effect across participant samples 
D) The stimuli will only work for a very specific, ""standard"" participant sample, such as college students 
A) Depending on the individual participant, the stimuli have a range of emotional effects, granting the researcher ample variability in their independent variable 
B) The stimuli are highly familiar to the average participant, such as movies most people have seen 
C) The stimuli were selected and pretested to ensure that they have the intended emotional effect across participant samples 
D) The stimuli will only work for a very specific, ""standard"" participant sample, such as college students

Question 15

Which of the following is not a technique for studying naturally occurring emotions?

Accepted Answer

A) Quasi-experimental design 
B) Field study 
C) Scripted social interaction 
D) Experience sampling method 
A) Quasi-experimental design 
B) Field study 
C) Scripted social interaction 
D) Experience sampling method

Question 16

The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for what processes?

Accepted Answer

A) It allows the body to unwind and recover after stress 
B) It prepares the body for action (""fight or flight"") 
C) It prepares the body to digest food and rest (""rest and digest"") 
D) It decreases heart rate 
A) It allows the body to unwind and recover after stress 
B) It prepares the body for action (""fight or flight"") 
C) It prepares the body to digest food and rest (""rest and digest"") 
D) It decreases heart rate

Question 17

In a psychology study, you are asked to rate how much you agree with a statement (""I am very happy with my life right now"") on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) This is an example of what type of question?

Accepted Answer

A) Multiple choice question 
B) Self-Assessment Manikin 
C) Likert item 
D) Differential Forced-Choice Emotion item 
A) Multiple choice question 
B) Self-Assessment Manikin 
C) Likert item 
D) Differential Forced-Choice Emotion item

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the peripheral nervous system?

Accepted Answer

A) Cranial nerves 
B) Spinal nerves 
C) Autonomic nerves 
D) Spinal cord 
A) Cranial nerves 
B) Spinal nerves 
C) Autonomic nerves 
D) Spinal cord

Question 19

Which measure of emotion is most invasive?

Accepted Answer

A) Language-based questionnaires 
B) Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) 
C) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 
D) Facial Action Coding Scheme (FACS) 
A) Language-based questionnaires 
B) Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) 
C) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) 
D) Facial Action Coding Scheme (FACS)

Question 20

What is the International Affective Picture System?

Accepted Answer

A) A well-validated set of pictures of emotional scenes chosen to elicit a variety of positive and negative affective states 
B) A large database of photos of facial expressions produced by people from different cultures that allows researchers to study the perception of facial expressions 
C) A time-consuming technique for coding facial expressions in which trained coders analyze photos for changes in the facial action units 
D) A set of nonverbal Likert-type scales involving line drawings of manikins that participants can use to indicate their feeling states 
A) A well-validated set of pictures of emotional scenes chosen to elicit a variety of positive and negative affective states 
B) A large database of photos of facial expressions produced by people from different cultures that allows researchers to study the perception of facial expressions 
C) A time-consuming technique for coding facial expressions in which trained coders analyze photos for changes in the facial action units 
D) A set of nonverbal Likert-type scales involving line drawings of manikins that participants can use to indicate their feeling states

Which of the following statements about using film clips to induce emotions is true?

Which measure of emotion is prone to the following methodological issues: high experimental demand, difficulty in using it across multiple cultures and age groups, and highly subjective?

Which of the following methodologies is a correlational design?

The following hypothetical studies are designed to test the relationship between anger (versus happiness) and self-control. Which could be considered a quasi-experimental study?

What does the somatic nervous system control?

Which of the following statements about the relationship between emotions and music is true?

Which of the following study designs best illustrates a scripted social interaction experiment?

In a psychology experiment, what is a ""confederate""?

What are the benefits of the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) compared to other mood measures, like the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)?

What is one way to minimize experimental demand?

Brock and Becker (1966), and subsequently other researchers, conducted studies in which an apparatus the participant is using is rigged to break. What emotion were they trying to induce?

Why might a researcher choose to use electromyography (EMG) to quantify facial muscle activity instead of Facial Action Coding Scheme (FACS) ratings?

Which emotion induction technique depends the most on the participant's own experiences and will therefore likely have more variability across participants?

What does it mean when we say a stimulus set, such as the International Affective Picture System, is ""validated"" and ""standardized""?

Which of the following is not a technique for studying naturally occurring emotions?

The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for what processes?

In a psychology study, you are asked to rate how much you agree with a statement (""I am very happy with my life right now"") on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) This is an example of what type of question?

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the peripheral nervous system?

Which measure of emotion is most invasive?

What is the International Affective Picture System?

Theories of Emotion

The Emotional Brain

Functions of Emotion

Expression of Emotion

Self-Conscious Emotions

Happiness

Emotion and Cognition

Emotion Regulation

Emotion and Group Processes

Gender and Emotion

Universals and Cultural Differences in Emotions

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Exam 2: Methods for the Science of Emotion

Which of the following statements about using film clips to induce emotions is true?

Which measure of emotion is prone to the following methodological issues: high experimental demand, difficulty in using it across multiple cultures and age groups, and highly subjective?

Which of the following methodologies is a correlational design?

The following hypothetical studies are designed to test the relationship between anger (versus happiness) and self-control. Which could be considered a quasi-experimental study?

What does the somatic nervous system control?

Which of the following statements about the relationship between emotions and music is true?

Which of the following study designs best illustrates a scripted social interaction experiment?

In a psychology experiment, what is a ""confederate""?

What are the benefits of the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) compared to other mood measures, like the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)?

What is one way to minimize experimental demand?

Brock and Becker (1966), and subsequently other researchers, conducted studies in which an apparatus the participant is using is rigged to break. What emotion were they trying to induce?

Why might a researcher choose to use electromyography (EMG) to quantify facial muscle activity instead of Facial Action Coding Scheme (FACS) ratings?

Which emotion induction technique depends the most on the participant's own experiences and will therefore likely have more variability across participants?

What does it mean when we say a stimulus set, such as the International Affective Picture System, is ""validated"" and ""standardized""?

Which of the following is not a technique for studying naturally occurring emotions?

The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for what processes?

In a psychology study, you are asked to rate how much you agree with a statement (""I am very happy with my life right now"") on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) This is an example of what type of question?

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the peripheral nervous system?

Which measure of emotion is most invasive?

What is the International Affective Picture System?

Theories of Emotion

The Emotional Brain

Functions of Emotion

Expression of Emotion

Self-Conscious Emotions

Happiness

Emotion and Cognition

Emotion Regulation

Emotion and Group Processes

Gender and Emotion

Universals and Cultural Differences in Emotions

Filters