Comm 145- Chapter 8 Emotion

A multi-dimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits your goals is know as a(n):
communicative response
feeling
emotion
action tendency

Emotion

When one member of a group spreads his or her emotional state to the others, ___________ has taken place.
emotional expressiveness
a sympathetic emotional response
emotional synchrony
emotional contagion

emotional contagion

How are emotions and moods different?

Emotions are relatively enduring whereas moods are short lived.
Emotions have an identifiable cause whereas moods do not.
Emotions are specific feelings whereas moods are more general.
All of these are ways that emotions and moods differ

All of these are ways that emotions and moods differ

The emotional contagion effect applies only to positive emotions, such as happiness.

False

Which of the following emotions has a neutral valence?
surprise
happiness
contentment
positivity

Surprise

Using "you" statements to describe your emotions is problematic because:
it provides specific prescriptions for change
it fails to acknowledge the part you play in determining your feelings
it involves blaming yourself for your emotions
it doesn’t allow you to separate emotions from actions

It fails to acknowledge the part you play in determining your feelings.

Which of the following emotions is derived from the product of your overall evaluation of another person?

liking
love
interest
affection

liking

During a normal, calm conversation with your friend, you begin to notice that you feel very uncomfortable. Your stomach is in knots, your palms are sweaty, and your legs feel a little weak. You start to wonder what is going on and then remember that, before talking to your friend, you were nervous because you have a test in an hour. This is an example of the fact that:
emotions are behavioral
emotions are cognitive
emotions are physiological
none of these

emotions are cognitive

All of the following statements about the amygdala are true except for the following.

GUESS: All these statements are true

Which of the following statements about road rage is not true?

???

According to your text, women are more likely than men to experience:

emotional jealously

Your text described five stages in the grieving process. Which of the following was not among them?

depression
retribution
bargaining
anger

retribution

People who can accurately identify which emotion they’re feeling are best equipped to manage their emotions in productive ways

True

Which of the following statements about communication technology is true?

People cannot experience genuine emotion caused by a technological device.
Online services like MySpace diminish people’s capacity for emotion.
Online support communities are a viable option for helping people deal with a trying situation.
The use of emoticons does not accurately convey emotion in computer-mediated communication.

online support communities are a viable option for helping people deal with a trying situation

This process involves changing the way you think about the situation that gave rise to a negative emotion
emotional contagion
emotional reappraisal
emotional intelligence
alexithymia

emotional reappraisal

During a counseling session with his wife, Edith, Harris frequently rolled his eyes, made rude and condescending remarks, and openly mocked Edith in front of their counselor. Harris’s emotional state could best be described as:

Arrogant?

in every measurable way, women are more emotional than men

false

This emotion involves feelings of joy and surprise, along with experiences of excitement and attraction for another person:

liking
love
attachment
passion

Passion

Women are more likely than men to respond to jealousy by trying to make their partners jealous.

True

People raised in collectivistic cultures typically express more negative emotion to outsiders than do people raised in individualistic cultures

True

__________ is the emotion we experience when we feel we have been wronged in some way.

Rage
Jealousy
Anger
Contempt

Anger

Social practices and messages influence both the emotions we feel and the ways in which we react to emotions

True

Emotions generally last longer than moods.

False

The action tendency for this emotion is to hide or disappear from others:

anger
disgust
shame
fear

Shame

Remorse is a secondary emotion composed of disgust and fear.

False

In the expression of emotion, androgynous people

are more emotionally expressive than highly masculine people

Which of the following statements about cultural displays of emotion is not true?

…

People who score highly on this personality trait are more likely than others to experience anger, guilt, anxiety, and depression

extraversion
psychoticism
neuroticism
agreeableness

neuroticism

_______________ is a condition in which people lack the ability to understand, describe, and process emotions.
Neuroticism
Emotional processing deficit disorder (EPDD)
Emotional underexpression
Alexithymia

Alexithymia

Which of the following is an example of a primary emotion?
jealousy
anger
contempt
all of these

ALL OF THESE