Question 1

What does the response coherence postulate refer to? The postulate refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   a person expressing her emotion appropriately in a given situation.
B)   the channels of emotion correlating together during an emotional reaction.
C)   the correct emotion being elicited by the emotion-inducing event.
D)   a person being able to comprehend the meaning of his emotional feelings. B

Question 2

In the theory of constructed emotions, how do physiological responses lead to affective experiences?

Accepted Answer

A)   Physiological responses are grouped together or interpreted according to the aim of an emotion.
B)   Physiological responses have no function in this theory.
C)   Each emotion is linked to a precise pattern of physiological arousal.
D)   The affective experience determines what physiological responses occur. A

Question 3

Describe what anger or sadness feels like to an emotionally blind person like a sophisticated robot. Your difficulty in describing an emotional feeling illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   the function of emotion in our society.
B)   qualia characteristic of emotions.
C)   the view that emotions have survival value.
D)   the action readiness of emotions. B

Question 4

a. A subjective emotional experience or affect refers to the private feelings that arise in a person's consciousness. Describe the concept of qualia in regards to affect.
b. Describe how people learn to label their affective feelings.

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Question 5

Which procedure or consideration was not used to form various lists of emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)   semantic analysis
B)   facial expression
C)   describing emotion situations
D)   preparedness behavior

Question 6

What characteristic complicates describing an emotional feeling?

Accepted Answer

A)   A person can experience contradictory affect (joy vs sad)  in the same situation.
B)   Affect can occur without being aware of accompanying physiological arousal.
C)   Both the above are complications in describing emotional feelings.
D)   A person is not aware of the situation that caused his/her emotion

Question 7

What is an emergency response?

Accepted Answer

A)   It refers to facial expressions of anguish, distress, and anxiety.
B)   The physiological response patterns indicating a readiness to escape or fight.
C)   The process of appraising the environment for danger.
D)   The disappointment of being unable to describe how you feel.

Question 8

Severe depression is

Accepted Answer

A)   linked to very hot summer months.
B)   not linked to seasons of the year.
C)   linked to very cold winter months.
D)   linked to a lack of sunlight.

Question 9

Negative affect or negative mood does not seem to vary with

Accepted Answer

A)   season of the year.
B)   time of day.
C)   day of the week.
D)   season of year, time of day, or day of week.

Question 10

a. What is an emotion?
b. What is the function of an emotion?
c. What are the components or channels of an emotion?
d. How does the response coherence postulate relate to the channels?

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The answer of a. What is an emotion?
b. What is...

Question 11

a. What do categories of emotions refer to or signify?
b. What does emotion prototype mean?

Accepted Answer

The answer of a. What do categories of emotions refer...

Question 12

What characteristic describes the similarity among emotions that are within the same category?

Accepted Answer

A)   intensity of the emotion
B)   whether the emotions are positive or negative
C)   qualitative feel of the emotions
D)   action readiness for each emotion

Question 13

Body maps of emotion refer to

Accepted Answer

A)   how emotions are shown in the face
B)   places in the body where an emotion is felt
C)   pattern of physiological responses for an emotion
D)   what bodily limb is used in emotion behavior

Question 14

Languages contain words that designate emotions. The reason emotion words are in a language is

Accepted Answer

A)   to provide labels for distinctly unique feelings.
B)   to indicate various forms of action readiness.
C)   to describe various facial expressions.
D)   to describe the type of situations that produce emotions.

Question 15

What are the self-conscious emotions? These are emotions

Accepted Answer

A)   of joy and happiness that occur during important events like birthdays.
B)   that are experienced privately.
C)   that occur in the absence of facial expressions or facial signs.
D)   that regulate an individual's social relationships with other people.

Question 16

The term emotion education refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   learning how to express your emotions in a socially acceptable manner.
B)   learning to label your own feelings of emotion.
C)   learning not to let your emotions influence your decision making.
D)   knowing whether you are experiencing an emotion or not

Question 17

Physiological arousal increases an individual's attention toward the source of the arousal according to which theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   channel coherence theory
B)   cognitive arousal theory
C)   Cannon's theory
D)   James-Lange theory

Question 18

Compare and contrast moods with emotions. How are they similar and how are they different?

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Question 19

Which statement most accurately represents Cannon's theory of emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Physiological arousal (trembling)  is not necessary to experience an emotion.
B)   We are afraid of a bear and that causes us to tremble when seeing it.
C)   We tremble when we see a bear; trembling indicates our readiness to run away.
D)   We tremble when we see a bear; trembling provides the information for fear of the bear.

Question 20

What conclusions about emotions are derived from neuroimaging studies of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)   Emotions are not associated or do not correspond with different patterns of brain activity.
B)   Brain activity is greater for positive than for negative emotions.
C)   Each emotion is located in a specific brain site.
D)   Different networks of neurons in the brain represent basic emotions.

Exam 11: Emotions and Moods