Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

Which of the following statements summarizes your text's conclusions about affective regulation?

In a well-known study conducted by Schachter and Singer, wherein participants were injected either with a stimulant or a placebo and were then exposed to a highly emotional stimulus, it was found that participants showed the strongest emotional reactions when ____.

Of the factors listed below, the strongest predictor of a person's happiness is ____.

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, the relationship between arousal and performance can be described by a(n) ____.

Broadly speaking, in considering the link between emotions and decision-making, it appears that anticipated emotions tend to ____ decision-making, while current emotional states tend to ____ decision-making.

Compared to men, women are more likely to ____ when feeling depressed.

One of the best things to do if you want to feel good and avoid emotional distress is to ____.

Paul Ekman's cross-cultural research on emotion and facial expressions has been criticized on the grounds that ____.

According to the textbook, an affect is ____.

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

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 essence of most guilt-inducing strategies is ____.

Anger may be important in two evolutionary senses. First, it is action-motivating. Secondly, it is____________________.

An angry person is not likely to ___.

Briefly compare and contrast the three major theories of how emotion works: the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, and the Schachter-Singer theory (as well as its attendant notion of misattribution of arousal).

In which of the following situations would you be most likely to have a Duchenne smile on your face?

During economic recessions, when large corporations must lay off many workers, those who retain their jobs sometimes feel ____. They think: "That's not really fair. I don't necessarily deserve to keep my job when so many other great workers are now unemployed. I shouldn't really still be here either..."

Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" has shown that both state lottery winners and paralysis victims ____, although paralysis victims ____.

Suppose that it is Friday night, that Xavier and her friends have been out at a party, and that they are now heading home. Suppose also that Xavier has had a little bit to drink, but not a lot. Is it safe for her to drive home or should she call a cab instead? How will she decide what to do? According to the risk-as-feelings hypothesis, ____.

David has been in a joyful mood all month. According to the broaden-and-build hypothesis of positive emotions, ____.