Exam 13: Aspects of Emotion

According to Lazarus, a(n) _______appraisal, which occurs immediately following stimulus exposure, involves an estimate of whether one has anything at stake in the stimulus encounter.

A(n) ___involves both a cognitive search through available coping options and a prediction of whether each option will or will not be successful in managing the stressor.

The finding that heart rate and skin temperature increase for one emotion (e.g., anger) but decrease for another emotion is an important finding because it _____of emotion.

Lazarus's theory of emotion is a cognitive-motivational-relational one. What does it mean to say that the theory is relational? Relational means that emotion arises from one's relationship:

What is the most important contribution that Weiner's attributional analysis makes to the study of emotion?

When a person automatically mimics another's emotional expression and begins to synchronize his or her own emotion with the other person's in terms of expression, vocalization, postures, and movements, what emotional phenomena has occurred?

The person who experiences increased heart rate and decreased skin temperature is probably feeling:

Using the concept of emotional contagion, explain how the emotions of one person can generate that same emotional experience in another person such that the second person "catches" the emotion expressed by the first person.

Which one of the following best represents Lazarus's concept of primary appraisal?

According to research on the weak version of the facial feedback hypothesis, which of the following conclusions is most valid?

When you blink or squint your eyes, which of the following muscles are activated?

The number of different emotions a person can distinguish within his or her own experience is called:

Which facial expression of emotion is described by the following: nasalis wrinkles the nose; zygomaticus raises the cheeks; orbicularis oris raises the upper lip.

Lazarus's theory of emotion is a cognitive-motivational-relational theory. Explain what each of these three terms (cognitive, motivational, relational) means.

Summarize the James-Lange theory of emotion. Identify (name/list) the criticisms of or arguments against the James-Lange theory.

According to the facial feedback hypothesis, facial feedback does one thing, namely:

People socially share their emotions with others primarily to:

Discuss the experimental methodology of the studies designed to test the proposition that human beings display similar facial expressions of emotion regardless of differences in cultural background (i.e., cross-cultural studies of emotion facial expressions).

What is the social sharing of emotion? What happens during the social sharing of emotion? Why does this experience "pay off" for the person who is sharing the emotion?

Which of the following sequence of events best describes Arnold's appraisal view of emotion?