Exam 44: Motivation and Emotion: Emotion in Detail

Which theory of emotion explains that emotions occur when physical arousal is labeled or interpreted on the basis of your past experiences,the situation,and the reactions of others?

You have worked very hard,putting in a great deal of overtime at work.Your boss not only does not notice your hard work but comments on the "messiness" of your office.You think that your boss' actions were unfair and demeaning,and you feel hurt and angry.Richard Lazarus would say that these feelings occurred because of

When traveling outside of one's homeland where a different language is spoken and the cultural values are much different,one could best communicate his or her happiness to members of different cultures by

You are walking down a deserted alley late at night,and you hear a sudden noise to your left.Your sympathetic nervous system prepares your body for fight or flight,and you experience fear.Just before you turn to run,however,you see a cat race away from the trash can he was digging in."Oh,that was the noise," you think.Instead of experiencing fear,you laugh wildly at what you had imagined was coming after you in the alley.This set of events is best described by which theory of emotion?

According to the contemporary model of emotion,which of the following gives rise to your initial autonomic nervous system arousal and the cognitive labeling of an emotional stimulus,such as a large,snarling dog?

In an experiment,people rated how funny they thought cartoons were while holding a pen crosswise in their mouths.Those who held the pen in their teeth thought the cartoons were funnier than did people who held the pen in their lips.These results are best explained by the

Which two psychologists advocate the facial feedback hypothesis?

Lightning is flashing around you,and you are running down the street for home.Your heart is pounding,your throat is dry,your hands are trembling,and you are sweating.Your reactions

Asian cultures tend to express the emotion of anger less and regard it as less "natural" because Asian cultures emphasize

Barney is taking a polygraph test during which the examiner will assess his general emotional arousal to each of the responses on several multiple choice items regarding the "crime." This series of multiple choice items makes up the __________ test.

You are feeling sad and depressed.Research into brain activity would indicate that processing is primarily occurring in the

The most universally recognized facial expression is

As you and your mother are riding the double ferris wheel,you interpret your adrenaline rush as "thrilling and delightful" and your mother inteprets her adrenaline rush as "terrifying fear" with this difference best explained by the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion.

Which of the following researchers in the area of emotion would probably be most interested in Valins's notion of attribution?

When Patricia almost stepped on a snake,she experienced physiological arousal,reacted,and felt fear simultaneously,which illustrates the _______ theory of emotion.

Putting on an angry face has what effects on heart rate and skin temperature?

Masks that are meant to be frightening or threatening are strikingly similar around the world.The ability of people from different cultures to "read" the mask's emotional message suggests that basic emotional expressions

Regarding the lie detector test,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Regarding lies and the polygraph,which of the following statements is FALSE?

You are feeling happy and sad at the same time.Research into brain activity would indicate that