Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

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 ________________.

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, ____.

Research on anger indicates that it ____.

Which of the following theories of emotion inspired the facial feedback hypothesis?

According to the text, emotions do all of the following on a consistent basis EXCEPT ____.

In recent years, there have been a number of cases where police officers have shot innocent, unarmed citizens. For example, not long ago, an officer of the LAPD shot a thirteen-year-old boy who was driving a car; the officer later stated that he thought the boy was driving the car toward him as a weapon (and he also stated that he did not register certain major facts of the situation that would have convinced him otherwise). While the officer's behavior is in no way excusable, does his account line up with what we know about how stress affects behavior?

According to Howard Gardner, ____.

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

What theme is supported by the fact that children learn to conceal their emotions as they grow up?

The idea that people remain at about the same level of happiness across time-regardless of what happens to them-is known as the ________________.

Emotions are inner processes that help promote ________________ relations.

Research indicates that when heterosexual men watch films of homosexual men having sex with each other, the heterosexual men who are most homophobic ____.

When people are extremely aroused, their work performance often suffers. Research suggests that this is likely because extremely aroused people ____.

Are women more emotional than men? Discuss the current research on this topic. In what areas are men and women similar and in what areas are they different? What are the general conclusions from this body of research?

The emotion of disgust is most likely to make you willing to ____.

In the opening of this chapter, two men's reactions to spam e-mail were described. The fact that neither of the men was able to shrug off their annoyance to the spam illustrates the fact that ____.

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.