Question 1

What term is concerned with people's ability to predict their emotional reactions to future events?

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional intelligence (EQ) 
B)  affective forecasting
C)  affect-as-information
D)  hedonic treadmill

Question 2

One study found that physicians who were given candy were faster and more accurate in diagnosing a case study than physicians who weren't given candy. Additional research suggests that these results can best be explained by the idea that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  sugar (temporarily) enhances problem-solving ability
B)  being in a good mood enhances problem-solving ability
C)  arousal (whether positive or negative) enhances problem-solving ability
D)  being given incentives enhances problem-solving ability

Question 3

Bechara et al. (1997) conducted a study in which they allowed participants to draw from various decks of cards. For some decks, the cards generally signaled a "win" of a small amount of money. Other decks dealt with larger amounts but you could win or lose money. In this study, the people who lacked emotion tended to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  choose only from the decks with larger sums
B)  choose only from the decks with small wins
C)  go back to the same deck over and over
D)  behave similarly to those who were capable of emotion

Question 4

While guilt might say, ____, shame would say, ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  "I did a bad thing", "I am a bad person"
B)  "I am a bad person", "I did a bad thing"
C)  "I hate myself", "other people hate me"
D)  "other people hate me", "I hate myself"

Question 5

A feeling state that is not clearly linked to any particular event is known as a(n)________________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

The term "affect balance" refers to the ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  degree to which a person's affects are stable, or consistent, across time
B)  degree to which a person's affects are stable, or consistent, across situations
C)  frequency of one's positive emotions minus the frequency of one's negative emotions
D)  average level of (positive) emotion experienced by a group or society

Question 7

A famous study conducted by social psychologists Aron and Dutton, found that a female experimenter was most likely to be called by participants after they had walked across a scary, narrow bridge as opposed to after they had walked across a normal, stable bridge. This finding can be most easily explained by ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Yerkes-Dodson law
B)  sham
C)  catharsis
D)  excitation transfer

Question 8

Anya is trying to predict how upset she would be if she got into a car accident and her car was completely totaled. Psychologists would say that Anya is engaging in affective forecasting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

According to the ________________ theory of emotion, "we feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, [and] afraid because we tremble."

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" has shown that both state lottery winners and paralysis victims ____, although paralysis victims ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  "get over it" and return to preexisting levels of happiness more quickly than might be expected; do not recover as quickly
B)  "get over it" and return to preexisting levels of happiness more quickly than might be expected; actually recover even more quickly
C)  take longer to "get over it" and return to preexisting levels of happiness than might be expected; take an especially long time to recover
D)  take longer to "get over it" and return to preexisting levels of happiness than might be expected; actually recover more quickly

Question 11

Research indicates that MOST non-human animals ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  do not experience any of the same basic emotions that humans do
B)  experience only about half of the basic emotions that humans do
C)  experience the same basic emotions that humans do, but experience them for much shorter periods of time
D)  experience the same basic emotions that humans do, but experience them based on specific, concrete events rather than on collections of events or broader, abstract concepts

Question 12

The term "affect balance" refers to the degree to which a person's affects are stable, or consistent, across time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Research on gender differences in the experience of love suggests that, compared to women, men ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  fall in love relatively quickly, but also fall out of love relatively quickly
B)  fall in love relatively quickly, and fall out of love relatively slowly
C)  fall in love relatively slowly, and fall out of love relatively quickly
D)  fall in love relatively slowly, but also fall out of love relatively slowly

Question 14

Rozin's research in which he presented apple juice that had been contaminated with a dead cockroach (although the roach was removed) to children and adults reveals that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  disgust is an innate emotion with little learning required
B)  disgust is at least partially a learned emotion
C)  disgust is innate for females, but learned for males
D)  disgust is innate for males, but learned for females

Question 15

According to the textbook, an affect is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a feeling state that is not linked to a particular event
B)  a largely automatic response that something is good or bad
C)  a conscious evaluative reaction to some event
D)  a judgment containing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components

Question 16

Describe the branches, or dimensions, of emotional intelligence.

Accepted Answer

a. The first dimension of emotional intelligence is Perceiving Emotions. It involves the ability to recognize how you, and those around you, are feeling, as well as perceiving emotions accurately in objects, art, music, and so forth.b. The second dimension of emotional intelligence is Facilitating Thought. It involves the ability to generate and emotion and then reason with that feeling.c. The third dimension of Emotional Intelligence is Understanding Emotions. It is the ability to understand complex emotions and how emotions can transition from one stage to another.d. The fourth dimension of Emotional Intelligence is Managing Emotions. It involves the ability to be open to feelings, to modulate them in oneself and others so as to promote personal understanding and growth.

Question 17

Researcher Paul Ekman and his colleagues have suggested that there are six basic emotions. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disgust
B)  Jealousy
C)  Surprise
D)  Sadness B

Question 18

Washing one's hands is thought to most influence which of the following emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Contempt
B)  Sadness
C)  Guilt
D)  Anger

Question 19

According to the ________________ law, the relationship between arousal and performance is best described by an inverted U-shaped curve; arousal helps performance up to a point, but too much arousal hurts performance.

Accepted Answer

Yerkes-Dod...

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a low arousal and pleasant emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frustration
B)  Tiredness
C)  Relaxation
D)  Astonishment

Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

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While guilt might say, , shame would say, .

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Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" has shown that both state lottery winners and paralysis victims , although paralysis victims .

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Research on gender differences in the experience of love suggests that, compared to women, men ____.

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Rozin's research in which he presented apple juice that had been contaminated with a dead cockroach (although the roach was removed) to children and adults reveals that ____.

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According to the ________________ law, the relationship between arousal and performance is best described by an inverted U-shaped curve; arousal helps performance up to a point, but too much arousal hurts performance.

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Exam 6: Emotion and Affect

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