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When psychologists refer to happiness, they are talking about

A) specific instances of intense joy
B) the basic emotion of enjoyment
C) general fulfilment and well-being
D) the prospect of attaining eternal joy

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The hydraulic model of emotions was popularized in the work of Sigmund Freud, and continues to be the best general explanation of anger and venting

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Researchers agree that there is a basic set of emotions that are particularly well represented across different cultures. Identify all of the basic emotions and describe some of Paul Ekman's research on the facial action coding system and display rules

From an evolutionary perspective, it makes sense that many of our basic emotions are negative rather than positive because

The relief one may experience by expressing emotion is termed ______, which comes from the Greek word for "cleansing."

Researchers found that simply having the muscles of the cheeks associated with smiling lifted with bandages increased happiness ratings in a group of volunteers. This study is consistent with this theory of emotion

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement

This cathartic strategy that has been found to significantly benefit physical and mental health, and involves writing about one's feelings is known as ______.

Paul Ekman eventually discovered that specific facial muscles were involved in creating the expressions of basic emotion, and he has catalogued these muscular configurations into a coding scheme known as the

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, activating the muscles that form facial expressions associated with basic emotions can not only increase the intensity of the corresponding emotion if one already feels it, but can sometimes actually create the experience of emotion

In cross-cultural studies of facial emotion recognition the American participants used the eyes to diagnose the emotion, whereas the Japanese participants tended to use the mouth

Display rules are implicit standards and expectations that regulate the way emotion is displayed in a given culture

The human fear response is regulated by two pathways, one of which runs to the cerebral cortex. This pathway is

According to this theory of emotion, the emotional experience is a cognitive appraisal of the autonomic nervous system activity that preceded the emotion.

Oishi and colleagues (2018) found evidence that

The ___________theory of emotion states that autonomic nervous system arousal occurs not directly, but only after the thought or event has been appraised so that the meaning of the event is interpreted by the person.

Paul Ekman eventually discovered that specific facial muscles were involved in creating the expressions of basic emotion, and he has catalogued these muscular configurations into a coding scheme known as the ____.

Neutralizing refers to

What is meant by embodied emotion? In your answer make reference to research into facial feedback.

There is strong evidence that a tendency toward happiness is inherited and is related to