Deck 9: Emotions

Question 1

Being in touch with your emotions, also known as __________, is one of the 5 attributes of __________.

A) empathy; metacommunication
B) motivation; intersectionality
C) self-awareness; emotional intelligence
D) self-regulation; empathy

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What does EQ measure?

A) Extroversion tendency
B) Emotional intelligence
C) Empathic ability
D) Educational level

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Emotional intelligence involves which of the following abilities?

A) Ignoring troubling emotions
B) Maintaining long-term relationships
C) Being clever when responding to others
D) Being sensitive to the feelings of others

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Elevated blood sugar, slowed digestion, and pupil dilation are all symptoms of fear. These can occur when couples engage in intense conflicts, a condition marriage researcher John Gottman calls __________.

A) flooding
B) nonverbal behavior
C) cognitive interpretations
D) verbal expression

Question 5

Which statement is TRUE about nonverbal behavior and emotions?

A) When someone is feeling a strong emotion, it's easy to determine exactly what that emotion might be.
B) Nonverbal expressions of emotion are not often interconnected with verbal ones.
C) It can be easier to act yourself into new ways of feeling than to feel yourself into new ways of acting.
D) Subjects who watched short videos of basketball players could reliably determine from the players' nonverbal behavior alone whether the athletes were winning or losing, but only if they had experience with the sport.

Question 6

Reappraisal is an activity related to which component of emotions?

A) Verbal expression
B) Nonverbal behavior
C) Physiological changes
D) Cognitive interpretations

Question 7

"Pleased" is a word that suggests a different degree of emotional __________ than "thrilled."

A) specificity
B) intensity
C) sincerity
D) validity

Question 8

Telling yourself that you're excited to be meeting your partner's family for the first time rather than nervous is an example of a positive ____________.

A) metacommunication
B) emotional contagion
C) nonverbal expression
D) cognitive interpretation

Question 9

Which feeling do scholars acknowledge is a typical and common human emotion?

A) Regret
B) Disgust
C) Confidence
D) Doubt

Question 10

Members of which culture prize harmony among members of their "in-group" and are less frank about expressing negative emotions toward outsiders?

A) Individualistic
B) Collectivistic
C) High power distance
D) Low power distance

Question 11

Which country is known internationally for its "culture of cheerfulness"?

A) United States
B) Japan
C) Poland
D) India

Question 12

Which statement is TRUE about gender and emotion?

A) Men are faster at recognizing emotions from facial cues.
B) In heterosexual romantic relationships, men often take responsibility for the "emotion work" of the couple.
C) Men are better at judging emotions from eye behavior.
D) The differences in the ways men and women read and express emotions are due in large measure to social conventions.

Question 13

What do researchers call the condition characterized by difficulty identifying and talking about feelings?

A) Rumination
B) Emotional contagion
C) Alexithyemia
D) Emotional labor

Question 14

Research on emotional expression suggests that there is some truth in the cultural stereotype of the __________ male and the __________ female

A) inexpressive; more demonstrative
B) more demonstrative; inexpressive
C) chatty; less talkative
D) less talkative; chatty

Question 15

What do researchers call the managing and even suppressing of emotions in situations where it is both appropriate and necessary?

A) Rumination
B) Emotional contagion
C) Emotional labor
D) Alexithyemia

Question 16

Which statement is TRUE about the expression of emotion?

A) The unwritten rules of communication discourage the direct nonverbal expression of most emotions.
B) The rules for expressing emotions in the workplace are clearly similar to those in personal life.
C) Americans in particular avoid acknowledging negative emotions.
D) Emotion expression has been shown to have negative effects on psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Question 17

You were devastated when Game of Thrones ended and began writing fanfiction to keep the saga alive. What type of relationship might you have with these media characters?

A) Hyperpersonal
B) Parasocial
C) In-group
D) Polychronic

Question 18

The presence of your serene best friend always make you feel calm when you're stressed. What is this process called?

A) Emotional labor
B) Emotional contagion
C) Disinhibition
D) Metacommunication

Question 19

One five-minute episode of anger can impair your immune system for how many hours?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 20

John Gottman identified two distinct parenting styles: emotion __________ and emotion dismissing.

A) enhancing
B) coaching
C) ruminating
D) rewarding

Question 21

You appreciate the question "how are you?" and enjoy responding with a detailed and specific description of your feelings at the time. Your response to this query illustrates which communication orientation?

A) Low power
B) High power
C) Low affective
D) High affective

Question 22

Research indicates that teaching children to recognize and __________ their emotions is foundational to building their emotional intelligence.

A) label
B) suppress
C) reappraise
D) enhance

Question 23

Monitoring thoughts and verbal messages are both ways of helping you with which first step for effective emotional expression?

A) Share multiple feelings.
B) Recognize your feelings.
C) Choose the best language.
D) Recognize the difference between feeling and acting.

Question 24

After a heated argument with your romantic partner, what does research on emotions suggest you should do?

A) Say nothing. More talk will only aggravate your partner.
B) Do something unexpectedly nice for your partner. Actions speak louder than words.
C) Express your feelings through nonverbal communication.
D) Express your feelings through verbal communication that centers on specific circumstances.

Question 25

When your best friend gets a scholarship to a college you hope to attend, you are overwhelmed by conflicting feelings of admiration, excitement, and envy. How should you respond to your friend?

A) Share multiple feelings verbally to convey the range of your emotions.
B) Avoid emotional contagion.
C) Express only the most important feeling.
D) Share multiple feelings nonverbally through a variety of nonverbal communication.

Question 26

Which statement is TRUE about feeling and acting?

A) Pretending that nothing is the matter when you're nervous will diminish your anxiety.
B) People who act out angry feelings actually feel better than those who experience anger without lashing out.
C) Getting in touch with certain emotions commits you to a course of action.
D) People who frequently vent negative feelings tend to have high levels of anxiety in their interpersonal relationships.

Question 27

Which statement is TRUE regarding the timing of emotion expression?

A) It's best to speak out when your feelings are strongest.
B) Writing out your feelings has benefits, but only if someone else reads what you've written.
C) If you go to bed mad, you'll likely have trouble shaking that anger the next morning.
D) It's never a good idea to say nothing and keep your feelings to yourself.

Question 28

Which recurrent thoughts not demanded by the immediate environment can increase feelings of sadness, anxiety, and depression and makes them last longer?

A) Hyperpersonal communication
B) Emotional labor
C) Rumination
D) Emotional contagion

Question 29

Which emotion is a particularly unhealthy focus of rumination?

A) Disgust
B) Uncertainty
C) Resentment
D) Jealousy

Question 30

The little voice that whispers in your head is called __________.

A) emotional contagion
B) self-talk
C) facework
D) disinhibition

Question 31

Your job is frequently stressful, but as a supervisor, you need to set an example by remaining calm and in control on the job. The need to manage and suppress emotions is known as __________.

A) rumination
B) self-talk
C) emotional labor
D) facework

Question 32

You consider it a compliment when a trusted friend calls you ambitious, but a criticism when a competitive co-worker labels you such. This illustrates how the same __________ can cause different emotions.

A) activating event
B) cognitive schema
C) rationalization
D) self-talk

Question 33

Holding expectations for yourself and for others can promote which fallacy?

A) Fallacy of approval
B) Fallacy of perfection
C) Fallacy of should
D) Fallacy of catastrophic expectations

Question 34

"If I post on Facebook, nobody will read or Like it." This statement is an example of which fallacy?

A) Fallacy of approval
B) Fallacy of should
C) Fallacy of perfection
D) Fallacy of catastrophic expectations

Question 35

Research on cancer patients indicates that __________can trump __________ when emotions run high.

A) disclosure; diversion
B) diversion; disclosure
C) suppression; monitoring
D) monitoring; suppression

Question 36

"Emotions are things that people feel" is a satisfactory definition.

Question 37

Keeping a balanced "body budget" decreases emotional stress.

Question 38

Reappraisal often leads to higher stress and decreased productivity.

Question 39

Emotions that are primary in one culture may not be primary in another or even have an equivalent.

Question 40

Across cultures, emotion suppression has been shown to have negative effects on psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Question 41

Whereas collectivists are quite frank about expressing negative emotions toward outsiders, individualists are more likely to hide emotions such as disliking.

Question 42

Friends and family are especially accurate at interpreting the feelings behind texted messages.

Question 43

Being around a calm person who makes you feel more at peace is an example of emotional contagion.

Question 44

Studies show that people with higher emotional granularity make fewer visits to doctors and hospitals.

Question 45

Most people suffer from impoverished emotional vocabularies.

Question 46

People who act out angry feelings-even by hitting an inanimate punching bag-feel better than those who experience anger without acting out.

Question 47

People afflicted by the fallacy of perfection often see themselves as victims of forces beyond their control.

Question 48

Abandoning the fallacy of approval means living a life of selfishness.

Question 49

One way to avoid the debilitative feelings that often accompany the fallacy of causation is to use language that minimizes responsibility for your choices.

Question 50

Ruminating on the good rather than the bad in life can enhance one's emotional, relational, and even physical health.

Question 51

Define the 5 attributes of emotional intelligence.

Question 52

Which 5 feelings do scholars agree are common and typical human emotions?

Question 53

Identify 5 influences on human communication?

Question 54

What are 5 steps for expressing emotions effectively?

Question 55

Identify 4 behaviors that characterize good listeners.

Question 56

What are 3 ways of expressing feelings verbally?

Question 57

How do you dispute an irrational belief?

Question 58

Describe and provide examples of each of the four components of emotions.

Question 59

Describe the influence of social conventions and roles on the expression of emotions.

Question 60

Describe the steps that help minimize debilitative emotions.