Exam 5: Emotions

Even across cultures, men tend to say "I love you" more than women.

Feelings are often recognized by nonverbal changes, such as blushing.

Social rules discourage too much expression of negative emotion, but there are really no social limits to expressing positive emotions.

"My roommate ought to be more understanding." This quote is an example of the fallacy of

"You never listen to me!" is an example of subscribing to the fallacy of

"You never tell me how you feel."

An event that generates facilitative self-talk for one person might stimulate debilitative thinking for someone else.

One difference between facilitative emotions and debilitative emotions is whether you feel the emotion for a short or long period of time.

Suppressing your emotions is never appropriate or constructive.

According to cognitive psychologists, it is not events that cause people to feel bad, but rather the beliefs they hold about the events.

Members of collectivistic cultures discourage expression of any negative emotions that might upset relationships among people in their "in-group."​

Your text tells you that you should​

The "Looking at Diversity" reading about the ways Zuni and Anglo cultures deal with emotion expression indicates that

Nonverbal reactions are often directly connected to verbalizing emotions.

According to your text, one reason people don't express feelings is​

Recall a time when you experienced a powerful emotion.Describe how the four components of emotions affected the way you felt, and hence how you communicated in the situation.

Children whose parents helped them learn to express emotions are at a lower risk for behavioral problems.

Your text advises that when you feel a certain way, you should act on that feeling immediately.

The mind has little influence on our emotional states.

According to your text, the first step in minimizing your debilitative emotions is to