Exam 14: Individual Emotions

______serves as a moral barometer to provide immediate and salient feedback about how well or how poorly one's self stands up to moral and performance-based standards of acceptability.

The functional purpose of _____is to motivate behaviors that will restore a positive view of the self that has just been threatened or challenged by one's own moral violation Or display of incompetence.

______is a benefit detector-an emotional experience that occurs after one has benefited from the generosity (gift, help, assistance, or guidance) and prosocial behavior of others.

______involves a negative evaluation of the other person's behavior; typically the other person is judged to be unworthy in some way. It only arises during social interaction.

______arises from a person's interpretation that the situation or event is dangerous and a threat to one's well-being.

When people describe their most recent emotional experience, the emotion that most often comes to mind is:

How are the "self-conscious emotions" of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride different from the emotions of fear, anger, and joy?

______generates a moving-up motivation, and it is aimed at improving one's position.

Define, compare, and contrast the two facets associated with the dual nature of pride.

How are the emotions of shame and guilt different from one another?

The dark side of ______is that it may be associated with narcissism and contribute to aggression, relationship conflict, and antisocial behaviors such as manipulating others.

The principal antecedent of ______is physical and psychological restraint or interference, as in the experience showing that a situation is "not what it should be."

______is an important social emotion because it reinforces generosity and prosocial behavior (e.g., hugging, saying "thank you"), it motivates beneficiaries to behave prosocially, and it promotes and builds positive interpersonal relationships.

Explain how the emotion of sadness may be beneficial to the person.

The text states that ______arises principally from experiences of separation or failure, although it is particularly closely related to an experience of permanent loss.

Identify and describe in a sentence or two the key benefits of empathy.

Explain the three essential functions of embarrassment. Cite the research in your explanation.

When there is an obstacle to one's pursuit of a goal, _______prepares the person to overcome such obstacles.

When people experience ________, it heightens the perceptions of closeness toward the other and creates an approach-based prosocial motivational orientation toward the other.

The phrase "I took action, it turned out bad, and now I wish that I had acted differently" sums up which of the following emotions?