Question 1

Which of the following is NOT likely to increase happiness?

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A)  Spending time with friends
B)  Helping others
C)  Wishing for happiness
D)  Exercise

Question 2

The extent to which people are satisfied with their lives correlates with

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A)  social desirability.
B)  having many positive emotions.
C)  positive illusions.
D)  All of these.

Question 3

Which of the following has NOT been used as a criterion for identifying fundamental or primary emotions?

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A)  Subjective experience
B)  Unique motivational properties
C)  Distinct facial expressions
D)  Relationship to biological processes

Question 4

Which of the following is a potential "third variable" that might explain the correlation between wealth and happiness across countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil rights
B)  Health care
C)  Education
D)  All of these

Question 5

Which of the following traits refers to an emotional style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Type A personality
B)  Hostility
C)  Affect intensity
D)  Easygoingness

Question 6

People who are concerned with aggressively achieving more in less time

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A)  score high on measures of neuroticism.
B)  tend to be depressed.
C)  exhibit Type A personality.
D)  score high on measures of extraversion.

Question 7

According to the dimensional view, emotions define a common dimension when they

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A)  have similar facial expressions.
B)  serve similar functions.
C)  occur together in experience.
D)  are rated as feeling distinct.

Question 8

_____ is the part of a person's emotional life that refers to the kinds of emotions that are being experienced.

Accepted Answer

A)  Style
B)  Content
C)  Action tendency
D)  Intensity

Question 9

_____ depend more on particular situations than personality characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)  Emotional states
B)  Emotional traits
C)  Mood inductions
D)  Dimensional emotions

Question 10

Beck emphasized _____ in explaining depression.

Accepted Answer

A)  vulnerability to negative emotions
B)  activity in the limbic system
C)  distortions in thoughts
D)  the categorical approach to emotions

Question 11

Mood variability is a component of

Accepted Answer

A)  Type A personality.
B)  affect intensity.
C)  extraversion.
D)  anxiety.

Question 12

_____ refers to a way of organizing and interpreting the world.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cognitive schemas
B)  Cognitive triads
C)  Syndromes
D)  Cognitive categorization

Question 13

Which of the following MOST suggests a cognitive basis of neuroticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neuroticism scores are stable over time.
B)  Neuroticism is associated with better recall of negative information.
C)  Neuroticism is partially heritable.
D)  Neuroticism is described by almost all cultures.

Question 14

A person who scores low on affect intensity

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A)  never experiences strong emotions.
B)  experiences negative emotions more frequently than a person who scores high.
C)  experiences strong emotions less frequently than a person who scores high.
D)  All of these.

Question 15

People who score high (as compared to low)  on neuroticism tend to

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A)  underestimate their physical symptoms.
B)  reported fewer serious physical symptoms.
C)  have exaggerated memories of the physical symptoms they experienced.
D)  believe that others have physical symptoms even when they do not.

Question 16

Studies of happiness and age have found that

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A)  levels of happiness are not predicted well by age.
B)  relationships and success at work are more important to young people.
C)  financial security is more important to older people.
D)  All of these.

Question 17

People who spend much time worrying score

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A)  high on measures of hostility.
B)  low on measures of hostility.
C)  high on measures of neuroticism.
D)  low on measures of neuroticism.

Question 18

Pictures designed to create an emotional reaction would be used

Accepted Answer

A)  in the emotional Stroop task.
B)  in a mood induction.
C)  to assess Type A personality.
D)  All of these.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a part of Beck's cognitive triad?

Accepted Answer

A)  Information about the self
B)  Information about one's past
C)  Information about one's future
D)  Information about the world

Question 20

Depressed persons maintain an _____, _____, and _____ explanatory style.

Accepted Answer

A)  external; unstable; specific
B)  external; stable; specific
C)  internal; stable; global
D)  internal; unstable; global

Exam 13: Emotion and Personality

Beck emphasized _____ in explaining depression.

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Which of the following traits refers to an emotional style?

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_____ refers to a way of organizing and interpreting the world.

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The extent to which people are satisfied with their lives correlates with

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Depressed persons maintain an _____, _____, and _____ explanatory style.

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_____ depend more on particular situations than personality characteristics.

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A person who scores low on affect intensity

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People who score high (as compared to low) on neuroticism tend to

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People who spend much time worrying score

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_____ is the part of a person's emotional life that refers to the kinds of emotions that are being experienced.

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Pictures designed to create an emotional reaction would be used

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According to the dimensional view, emotions define a common dimension when they

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People who are concerned with aggressively achieving more in less time

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Studies of happiness and age have found that

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Which of the following is NOT likely to increase happiness?

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Which of the following MOST suggests a cognitive basis of neuroticism?

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Mood variability is a component of

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Which of the following is NOT a part of Beck's cognitive triad?

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Which of the following is a potential "third variable" that might explain the correlation between wealth and happiness across countries?

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Which of the following has NOT been used as a criterion for identifying fundamental or primary emotions?

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