Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

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

Anger's unique motivational properties are believed to be due to its ____.

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

According to the ________________ theory of emotion, "we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, [and] afraid because we tremble."

The James-Lange theory of emotion and the facial feedback hypothesis are similar in that they both suggest that, in emotional situations, ____.

Martin is a very powerful company president. When he conducts a meeting, if he so much as frowns, the other people in the room behave so as to stop the potential conflict they see coming based on that frown. This reaction to Martin's anger illustrates the ____ aspect of anger.

The degree to which a person experiences the variety and relative abundance of human emotions is referred to as ____.

Describe how the arousal associated with emotion influences performance.

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

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

Having Botox injections to one's face will ____ one's ability to understand other's emotions.

A physiological reaction that entails a quickened heartbeat and more labored breathing would most likely be linked to ____.

It is more or less always the case that affect regulation is aimed at "feeling better right now."

The James-Lange theory has difficulty accounting for the ____.

Research shows that there is often a strong association between feeling negative emotions and overeating. However, this association does NOT occur ____.

When Jack Whittaker won over $300 million in a Powerball jackpot, many people thought his life would be transformed for the better. Within a few years, he was divorced, had lost his granddaughter to a drug overdose, was robbed outside a strip club, had lawsuits brought against him for sexual harassment, and encountered numerous other well-publicized problems. Based on the idea of the hedonic treadmill, how would you interpret this?

Research on gender differences in the experience of love suggests that, compared to women, men ____.

If you are able to predict future emotions accurately, you probably would score high on the ____ branch of an emotional intelligence test.

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 gender differences in emotions has found that ____.