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20 Cards in this Set
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1. In social psychology, a feeling state that is not linked to any particular event is known as a(n)
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a. mood.
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2. The physiological reaction that is linked to most conscious emotions, and that entails a quickened heartbeat and more labored breathing, is known as
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b. arousal.
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3. Art has just been on a long run at the beach with his dog. When he arrives home he is still breathing hard and his heart is still racing; he is physiologically highly aroused. When a neighbor bumps into him in the hallway, Art completely freaks out and verbally attacks the neighbor. He demands: "Did you just push me? Do you have a problem, man?" It looks like Art may have misattributed his arousal (from his run to his neighbor). That is, Art's behavior illustrates
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d. excitation transfer.
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4. Research on happiness and parenting indicates that, compared to couples who DO NOT have children, couples who DO have children
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c. are actually less happy but believe that their children have made them happier.
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5. Research on the so-called "hedonic treadmill" has shown that both state lottery winners and paralysis victims __________, although paralysis victims __________.
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a. "get over it" and return to preexisting levels of happiness more quickly than might be expected, do not recover as quickly.
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6. Research on the link between happiness and health demonstrates that
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c. there is a strong link here, although it is not clear what causes what.
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7. As discussed in the textbook, the emotion of anger can be classified as
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c. unpleasant and high in arousal.
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8. In what way is anger different from contempt?
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c. Anger tends to motivate more approach behavior with attempts to create change.
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9. Suppose that Natalie and her boyfriend just got into a huge argument, and Natalie went to the gym and punched a punching bag (imagining the whole time that the punching bag was her boyfriend), hoping to "let off some steam." How much will this approach help?
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d. It will not help to reduce her anger regardless of whether she believes in the value of venting and catharsis AND regardless of whether she enjoys the venting and gets some satisfaction from it.
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10. There are three major ways that people deal with anger: They repress it (e.g., by denying their anger), they vent it (e.g., by yelling at someone), or they try to get rid of it (e.g., by relaxing or going for a jog). Which approach is generally MOST successful at reducing anger?
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c. Getting rid of it.
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11. While guilt is associated with the feeling __________, shame is associated with the feeling
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a. "I did a bad thing", "I am a bad person"
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Joe's entire neighborhood was hit by a forest fire last year. While nearly all of the houses in the neighborhood were burnt to a crisp, Joe's house was miraculously spared and left fully intact. If Joe was like most people, he would nonetheless feel very badly that he came out of the fire alright while others suffered so much. That is, he would be feeling a form of
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b. survivor guilt.
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13. The fact that children learn to conceal their emotions as they grow up supports the theme that
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c. “nature says go, culture says stop.”
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14. Suppose that you get a creepy feeling every time you ride the bus at night. Even if you have never heard about anything scary happening on the bus at night, you might end up using this feeling to form a judgment that riding the bus at night is a bad thing. Forming a judgment in such a way would be consistent with
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c. the affect-as-information hypothesis.
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15. A good deal of research has examined whether men and women differ in terms of how they experience emotions. This research clearly suggests that the stereotype of __________ is wrong.
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a. women as more emotional than men
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16. The emotion of disgust is MOST likely to make you willing to
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d. pay less for an object, and also sell an object for less, too.
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17. Sadness is likely to
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a. make one have a lower selling price for an object.
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18. The concept of emotional intelligence has to do with one's ability
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c. to recognize and understand one's own emotions.
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19. Duchenne smile is BEST described as
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b. a genuine smile.
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20. Research on gender differences in the experience of love suggests that, compared to women, men
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b. fall in love relatively quickly, and fall out of love relatively slowly.
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