Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

Suppose that you get a creepy feeling every time you ride the bus at night. Even if you have never heard about anything scary happening on the bus at night, you might end up using this feeling to form a judgment that riding the bus at night is a bad thing. Forming a judgment in such a way would be consistent with ____.

Research suggests that venting one's anger is a positive way to reduce anger.

When women with high levels of sex guilt watch erotic films, they tend to ____.

Which of the following theories of emotion suggests that people may sometimes mislabel, or relabel, their arousal as one emotion versus another?

Consider the following quote: "... we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble...". With which of the following theories is this MOST consistent?

Which of the following emotions has been referred to as "the shadow of intelligence"?

Tim drinks an extra large cappuccino just before leaving work and drives home fully pumped with caffeine. While driving, he gets cut off by another car. Tim becomes extremely angry at the other driver-far angrier than usual. This is because he misinterprets the arousal that he is feeling from the caffeine as anger that he is feeling toward the other driver. That is, he engages in the process of ____________________.

According to catharsis theory, ____.

Research on gender differences in emotion suggests that _____ may be slightly more emotional, and _____ may be relatively more willing to report and discuss their feelings.

Marcus is talking to his sister on the phone. He senses, accurately, that she is feeling pressured and needs to go. Marcus often has experiences where he is able to accurately identify what the other person is feeling. He would probably score high on the ____ branch on a test of emotional intelligence.

Extreme stress negatively impacts people's judgment and performance because it leads people to ____.

Madge woke up this morning feeling grouchy and annoyed. When asked why she is feeling this way, she can't seem to come up with any particular reason. It would be most accurate to say that she is experiencing a(n) ____.

Rozin's research in which he presented apple juice that had been contaminated with a dead cockroach (although the roach was removed) to children and adults reveals that ____.

Contrary to what many people think, married couples generally believe (prior to having any children) that having children will make them less happy.

What role does culture play in parenting and happiness?

Research suggests that when people feel guilt, they usually ____.

In social psychology, a feeling state that is not linked to any particular event is known as a(n) ____.

Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" would predict that people who have received life sentences to prison would ____.

Research on the emotions of guilt and shame suggests that, while guilt is usually ____ shame is usually ____.

Positive emotions tend to be associated with ____.