Deck 10: Emotions and Excitation

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true? Conceptually, emotions are composed of…

A) Moods, feelings, and affect
B) Attitudes, cognitions, and feelings
C) Socialization, biology, and individuality
D) Excitation, interpretation, and expression

Answer 1

Excitation, interpretation, and expression

Question 2

Physiological excitation associated with emotions is always noticeable

Answer 2

False

Question 3

refers to when you experience emotions due to a media message because of the importance of the message for you personally.

A) Other-directed emotion
B) Self-directed emotion
C) Mediated emotion
D) None of the above

Answer 3

Self-directed emotion

Question 4

Emotional responses to mediated messages don't always match the emotions portrayed in the message.

Question 5

Which stage of excitation transfer theory is correctly defined?

A) Stage one: physiological excitation is present and individuals know the cause of it
B) Stage two: excitation dissipates, but individuals still know the initial cause
C) Stage three: excitation continues to dissipate, and individuals are now becoming aware of it and interpret the prior stimulus to be the cause for the dissipating excitation.
D) All of the above are correct

Question 6

Excitation transfer theory suggests:
Individuals interpret physiological excitation states based on stimuli they are presently confronted with, even though parts of that excitation were caused by stimuli encountered ______________ (pick response to fill blank) .

A) seconds or a few minutes ago
B) several hours ago
C) the prior day
D) In their childhood

Question 7

Which of the following has NOT been demonstrated as an effect of excitation transfer?

A) Increased enjoyment
B) Increased aggression
C) Increased information recall
D) None of the above

Question 8

Empathy is a type of _____.

A) Self-directed emotion
B) Other-directed emotion
C) Excitation transfer
D) None of above

Question 9

Emotions and excitations from exposure to mediated messages induces excitation so frequently that it can have long term implications. Scholars are concerned about which consequence?

A) Desensitization
B) Attention deficits
C) Reduced empathetic responses
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following describes the notion of desensitization? By watching violence…

A) Viewers develop strategies to cope with stress.
B) Viewers vent and thus reduce their aggression.
C) Viewers increase their self-confidence to perform aggressively themselves.
D) Viewers become used to seeing aggression and show less intense reactions.

Question 11

Arousal is considered a possible effect of media violence that may have further consequences, as individuals...

A) Imitate the actions that role models have performed on TV.
B) Experience extended periods of fear and fright.
C) Have long-term associations to the arousal-creating stimulus.
D) Misattribute their physiological states to minor provocation and thus overreact.

Question 12

What does the excitation-transfer model postulate?

A) Arousal levels adjust more slowly than cognitive interpretations
B) Cognitive interpretations adjust more slowly than arousal levels
C) Media users choose media content to regulate their arousal
D) Empathic reactions are stronger when positive affective dispositions are intense

Question 13

According to Excitation Transfer Theory…

A) Emotions consist of physiological excitation and its interpretation
B) Emotions consist of purely psychological experiences
C) Emotions consist of discrete categories
D) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following issues (among media users) are thought to be influenced by the media's extensive use of elements that instigate physiological arousal?

A) Catharsis and hypochondria
B) Desensitization and attention deficits
C) Vicarious excitation and fear of isolation
D) All of the above

Question 15

Max and Jane are friends, but after watching an intense horror movie together, Max thinks that he might have a crush on Jane. Which theory accounts for this phenomenon?

A) Social Cognitive Theory
B) Fear of Isolation
C) Excitation Transfer Theory
D) Empathy

Question 16

Drew watches a movie scene in which a person gets stabbed. Instantly, Drew's shoulders get tense, along with a facial expression of pain. Which theory or concept accounts for this observation?

A) Social Cognitive Theory
B) Fear of Isolation
C) Mood Management Theory
D) Empathy

Question 17

John sees an emotionally-charged news item involving gun violence; then the news anchor makes a joke about the unpredictable weather in Ohio. John finds this joke absolutely hilarious! Which theory or phenomenon explains this best?

A) Social cognitive theory
B) Spiral of silence theory
C) Desensitization
D) Excitation transfer theory

Question 18

John watches a particular news program every night, which includes plenty of upsetting footage, fast-paced editing and music, along with intense eye-witness accounts of crime and disaster events around the world. Today he happened to witness two people get into a bloody fight at a bar but didn't bother with calling help/police. Which theory or phenomenon explains this best?

A) Social cognitive theory
B) Spiral of silence theory
C) Desensitization
D) Excitation transfer theory