Question 1

Suppose that it is Friday night, that Xavier and her friends have been out at a party, and that they are now heading home. Suppose also that Xavier has had a little bit to drink, but not a lot. Is it safe for her to drive home or should she call a cab instead? How will she decide what to do? According to the risk-as-feelings hypothesis, ____.

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A)   her current mood will influence her assessment of risk (e.g., if she is in a relatively good mood, she will see relatively little danger in driving) 
B)   she will consult her friends and see what their feelings are about the issue
C)   she will consider the worst possible scenario, and then simply make a decision based on her gut
D)   she will recall the last time that she was in this situation, what she did, and how she felt about it. She will then let that recollection guide her decisionE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Of the factors listed below, the strongest predictor of a person's happiness is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   one's income (relative to the average income for his/her demographic) 
B)   the number of blood relatives with whom a person regularly communicates
C)   one's level of physical health
D)   how happy the person was 10 years earlierE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Affective reactions differ from emotions in a number of ways. For example, affective reactions tend to ____.

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A)   occur more automatically
B)   involve a stronger behavioral component
C)   be more likely to relate to particular events
D)   be more complexE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

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 incorrect.

Accepted Answer

A)   women as more emotional than men
B)   men as more conflict-avoidant than women
C)   boys as more fussy than girls
D)   men as relatively quick-to-fall-in-loveE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

One of the best things to do if you want to feel good and avoid emotional distress is to ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   form and maintain good social relationships with others
B)   limit your social contact with others
C)   have high affective intensity
D)   have low affective intensityE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

In which of the following situations would you be most likely to have a Duchenne smile on your face?

Accepted Answer

A)   You have just learned that your enemy has been fired from his job. You are in public, among colleagues, so you have to pretend to feel bad for him (but secretly you are gleeful inside) .
B)   Your enemy just got a big promotion at work. You have to pretend to be happy for him, but you are secretly annoyed and jealous of his success.
C)   You see your enemy on the street. You give him a quick fake smile-more of a sneer-just to show him that he is still your enemy.
D)   You have just won an award and feel jubilant (especially because your enemy was not the winner) .E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following statements summarizes your text's conclusions about affective regulation?

Accepted Answer

A)   It should be used to prevent awareness of negative emotions.
B)   It should be used to promote awareness of positive emotions.
C)   It should be used to control emotions after you have experienced them, positive or negative.
D)   It is not safe to do under any circumstance.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 8

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 componentsE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Paul Ekman's cross-cultural research on emotion and facial expressions has been criticized on the grounds that ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   it has examined only four different emotions; and there may well be cross-cultural differences in terms of other emotions (that Ekman has not studied) .
B)   it has examined only nine cultures; and there may well be significant differences in how emotion is experienced and expressed in other cultures.
C)   it is based on posed photographs; these poses may not correspond well with actual experiences and expressions of emotion.
D)   it is based on individualistic cultures only, and there is reason to believe that people in collectivistic cultures would experience and express emotion differently.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

David has been in a joyful mood all month. According to the broaden-and-build hypothesis of positive emotions, ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   David will try to "spread" his good mood around to others
B)   David's mindset will be "expanded" (such that he has the urge to play, push limits, and so forth) 
C)   David will attempt to hold on to this joyful feeling as long as he can
D)   David will tend to spend more time with people who are also in positive moods (and less time with people who are in negative moods) E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

Compared to men, women are more likely to ____ when feeling depressed.

Accepted Answer

A)   ruminate
B)   distract themselves
C)   turn to alcohol
D)   use humorE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

During economic recessions, when large corporations must lay off many workers, those who retain their jobs sometimes feel ____. They think: "That's not really fair. I don't necessarily deserve to keep my job when so many other great workers are now unemployed. I shouldn't really still be here either..."

Accepted Answer

A)   schadenfreude
B)   survivor guilt
C)   shame
D)   catharsisE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

An angry person is not likely to ___.

Accepted Answer

A)   take more risks
B)   feel more optimistic
C)   take a stand for what they believe in
D)   review information more thoroughly before acting on itE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

In a well-known study conducted by Schachter and Singer, wherein participants were injected either with a stimulant or a placebo and were then exposed to a highly emotional stimulus, it was found that participants showed the strongest emotional reactions when ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   they were injected with a stimulant (and knew it) 
B)   they were injected with a stimulant (but didn't know it) 
C)   they were injected with a placebo (and knew it) 
D)   they were injected with a placebo (but didn't know it) E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Anger may be important in two evolutionary senses. First, it is action-motivating. Secondly, it is____________________.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

The essence of most guilt-inducing strategies is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   "I am in the right here, can't you see that?"
B)   "See how you are hurting me?"
C)   "You are a bad person."
D)   "I understand how you feel."E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Broadly speaking, in considering the link between emotions and decision-making, it appears that anticipated emotions tend to ____ decision-making, while current emotional states tend to ____ decision-making.

Accepted Answer

A)   guide and improve; guide and improve
B)   guide and improve; have little impact on
C)   guide and improve; bias and hurt
D)   bias and hurt; guide and improveE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, the relationship between arousal and performance can be described by a(n)  ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   positive linear function (more arousal leads to better performance) 
B)   negative linear function (less arousal leads to better performance) 
C)   positive exponential function (more arousal leads to better and better performance; a lot of arousal leads to tremendously good performance) 
D)   inverted U-shaped function (more arousal leads to better performance, but only up to a point; too much arousal can hinder performance) E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

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 quicklyE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Briefly compare and contrast the three major theories of how emotion works: the James-Lange theory, the Cannon-Bard theory, and the Schachter-Singer theory (as well as its attendant notion of misattribution of arousal).

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