Exam 5: Self-Regulation of Emotions

Matching -I know that quote she posted on Facebook is about me. It's so obvious.

Only those with mental issues experience negative self-talk.

Matching -If I forget to go to the gym once during the week, there's no point in exercising until next week. This week is already ruined.

All but which one are irrational thinking patterns:

Matching -I received a C on my first paper. What if I waste 4 years trying to become a writer and never publish anything?

From a cognitive perspective, our emotions are caused by:

Your emotions are influenced by the way you think.

Define, describe, and give an example for each of the following irrational thinking patterns: Polarized (all-or-nothing thinking), mind reading, catastrophizing, and personalization.

Cognitive theorists emphasize that our environment controls our emotions.

Emotionality, or the physiological symptoms of anxiety, usually subsides once a student starts the test.

Matching -I don't want to speak up in class since everyone in this class is so much smarter than me.

Cognitive symptoms of anxiety can have a significant affect on which part of the information-processing system?

Name one effective way of reducing the physiological symptoms (emotionality) of anxiety mentioned in the textbook.

Matching -I'm going to be working on this assignment forever. I may never finish!

Our emotions are largely, but not entirely, controlled by:

The statement, "Anything less than 1^st place is complete failure," is an example of:

How are worry and emotionality different? Explain the key differences between worry and emotionality, and give one strategy to combat each.

Stress can:

Matching -My professor gave me some positive feedback, but I just keep focusing on the two negative comments she wrote.

Mike concludes that he must have done something to make his roommate, Sam, upset as Sam keeps telling him that he's too busy to hang out.