Question 1

The appraisal, "Is this situation relevant to my well-being?", constitutes a(n) _______appraisal.

Accepted Answer

A) outcome-driven 
B) primary 
C) secondary 
D) tertiary 
A) outcome-driven 
B) primary 
C) secondary 
D) tertiary

Question 2

The most frequent source of a person's day-to-day emotion is:

Accepted Answer

A) external sources of information that conflict with one's prior beliefs. 
B) other people. 
C) success-failure outcomes. 
D) unconscious memories. 
E) weather-related events. 
A) external sources of information that conflict with one's prior beliefs. 
B) other people. 
C) success-failure outcomes. 
D) unconscious memories. 
E) weather-related events.

Question 3

Which facial expression of emotion is described by the following: corrugators drawn in and down; orbicularis oris presses lips firmly together.

Accepted Answer

A) anger 
B) disgust 
C) fear 
D) interest 
A) anger 
B) disgust 
C) fear 
D) interest

Question 4

In the social sharing of emotion, which of the following statements is the only false one?

Accepted Answer

A) Social-affective sharing helps the sharer categorize the emotional episode as a generally positive one or as a generally negative one. 
B) Social-affective sharing yields little benefit beyond temporary relief from the negative affect. 
C) Social sharing of emotion is the norm, not the occasional exception, in emotional experience. 
D) Social sharing of emotion tends to bring the sharer and listener closer together. 
A) Social-affective sharing helps the sharer categorize the emotional episode as a generally positive one or as a generally negative one. 
B) Social-affective sharing yields little benefit beyond temporary relief from the negative affect. 
C) Social sharing of emotion is the norm, not the occasional exception, in emotional experience. 
D) Social sharing of emotion tends to bring the sharer and listener closer together.

Question 5

According to appraisal theories, which emotion would a person experience following these three appraisals of an emotional situation? An important goal was at stake; the goal was attained; the self was the causal agent in bringing the positive outcome to fruition.

Accepted Answer

A) gratitude 
B) hope 
C) liking 
D) pride 
A) gratitude 
B) hope 
C) liking 
D) pride

Question 6

According to an attributional analysis of emotion, attributing a negative outcome to an external and uncontrollable cause generates the emotional reaction of:

Accepted Answer

A) anger. 
B) fear. 
C) guilt. 
D) pity. 
A) anger. 
B) fear. 
C) guilt. 
D) pity.

Question 7

Explain the role attributions play in the emotions of pride, gratitude, hope, anger, pity, guilt, and shame.

Accepted Answer

Attributions play a significant role in

Question 8

Consider anger. Explain the origins of the anger emotion first according to Lazarus's appraisal-based theory of emotion and then according to Weiner's attribution-based theory of emotion.

Accepted Answer

According to Lazarus's appraisal-based t

Question 9

The facial feedback hypothesis:

Accepted Answer

A) asserts that emotion arises from proprioceptive feedback from facial behavior. 
B) explains how infants communicate their thoughts to adult caregivers. 
C) has been shown to be false. 
D) is a cognitive theory of emotion. 
A) asserts that emotion arises from proprioceptive feedback from facial behavior. 
B) explains how infants communicate their thoughts to adult caregivers. 
C) has been shown to be false. 
D) is a cognitive theory of emotion.

Question 10

The _______muscle(s) lie beneath the eyebrows.

Accepted Answer

A) corrugator 
B) depressor 
C) frontalis 
D) zygomaticus 
A) corrugator 
B) depressor 
C) frontalis 
D) zygomaticus

Question 11

All cognitive emotion theorists endorse the position that:

Accepted Answer

A) emotion activation arises from a felt tendency to approach or avoid the stimulus event. 
B) emotion activation arises from the combination of cognitive and biological events. 
C) the appraisal, not the stimulus event itself, causes emotion. 
D) the stimulus event, not the appraisal, causes emotion. 
A) emotion activation arises from a felt tendency to approach or avoid the stimulus event. 
B) emotion activation arises from the combination of cognitive and biological events. 
C) the appraisal, not the stimulus event itself, causes emotion. 
D) the stimulus event, not the appraisal, causes emotion.

Question 12

What is emotion knowledge? How do individuals develop emotion knowledge? How does ever more sophisticated emotion knowledge benefit the person?

Accepted Answer

Emotion knowledge refers to the understa

Question 13

Which of the following sequence of events best reflects the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Accepted Answer

A) I see a dog, I appraise the situation as harmful, I feel fear, my heart races. 
B) I see a dog, I feel fear, relief replaces fear, and relief fades away. 
C) I see a dog, I feel fear, my heart races. 
D) I see a dog, my heart races, I feel fear. 
A) I see a dog, I appraise the situation as harmful, I feel fear, my heart races. 
B) I see a dog, I feel fear, relief replaces fear, and relief fades away. 
C) I see a dog, I feel fear, my heart races. 
D) I see a dog, my heart races, I feel fear.

Question 14

Summarize Weiner's attributional theory of emotion. Start with an outcome and conclude your answer by explaining how a person experiences specific emotions such as pride and anger.

Accepted Answer

Weiner's attributional theory of emotion

Question 15

Define and differentiate between Lazarus's two constructs of primary appraisal and secondary appraisal.

Accepted Answer

Lazarus's two constructs of primary appr

Question 16

What did Lazarus's view of emotion add to Arnold's?

Accepted Answer

A) the idea that cognitive appraisals play at least as important a role as does physiological reaction 
B) the idea that each discrete emotion involves its own unique appraisal 
C) the idea that emotion is a unitary phenomenon 
D) the idea that the physiological and cognitive systems interact to produce emotion 
A) the idea that cognitive appraisals play at least as important a role as does physiological reaction 
B) the idea that each discrete emotion involves its own unique appraisal 
C) the idea that emotion is a unitary phenomenon 
D) the idea that the physiological and cognitive systems interact to produce emotion

Question 17

Which of the following events prompts the individual to make a secondary appraisal of a potentially stressful event?

Accepted Answer

A) coping responses 
B) parasympathetic nervous system activation 
C) perception of the stimulus event 
D) sympathetic nervous system activation 
A) coping responses 
B) parasympathetic nervous system activation 
C) perception of the stimulus event 
D) sympathetic nervous system activation

Question 18

According to Lazarus's theory of emotion, the primary appraisal of failing to live up to an ego ideal leads in a reliable way to the emotional experience of:

Accepted Answer

A) anger. 
B) disgust. 
C) sadness. 
D) shame. 
A) anger. 
B) disgust. 
C) sadness. 
D) shame.

The appraisal, "Is this situation relevant to my well-being?", constitutes a(n) _______appraisal.

The most frequent source of a person's day-to-day emotion is:

Which facial expression of emotion is described by the following: corrugators drawn in and down; orbicularis oris presses lips firmly together.

In the social sharing of emotion, which of the following statements is the only false one?

According to appraisal theories, which emotion would a person experience following these three appraisals of an emotional situation? An important goal was at stake; the goal was attained; the self was the causal agent in bringing the positive outcome to fruition.

According to an attributional analysis of emotion, attributing a negative outcome to an external and uncontrollable cause generates the emotional reaction of:

Explain the role attributions play in the emotions of pride, gratitude, hope, anger, pity, guilt, and shame.

Consider anger. Explain the origins of the anger emotion first according to Lazarus's appraisal-based theory of emotion and then according to Weiner's attribution-based theory of emotion.

The facial feedback hypothesis:

The _______muscle(s) lie beneath the eyebrows.

All cognitive emotion theorists endorse the position that:

What is emotion knowledge? How do individuals develop emotion knowledge? How does ever more sophisticated emotion knowledge benefit the person?

Which of the following sequence of events best reflects the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Summarize Weiner's attributional theory of emotion. Start with an outcome and conclude your answer by explaining how a person experiences specific emotions such as pride and anger.

Define and differentiate between Lazarus's two constructs of primary appraisal and secondary appraisal.

What did Lazarus's view of emotion add to Arnold's?

Which of the following events prompts the individual to make a secondary appraisal of a potentially stressful event?

According to Lazarus's theory of emotion, the primary appraisal of failing to live up to an ego ideal leads in a reliable way to the emotional experience of:

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Individual Emotions

Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters

Exam 13: Aspects of Emotion

The appraisal, "Is this situation relevant to my well-being?", constitutes a(n) _______appraisal.

The most frequent source of a person's day-to-day emotion is:

Which facial expression of emotion is described by the following: corrugators drawn in and down; orbicularis oris presses lips firmly together.

In the social sharing of emotion, which of the following statements is the only false one?

According to appraisal theories, which emotion would a person experience following these three appraisals of an emotional situation? An important goal was at stake; the goal was attained; the self was the causal agent in bringing the positive outcome to fruition.

According to an attributional analysis of emotion, attributing a negative outcome to an external and uncontrollable cause generates the emotional reaction of:

Explain the role attributions play in the emotions of pride, gratitude, hope, anger, pity, guilt, and shame.

Consider anger. Explain the origins of the anger emotion first according to Lazarus's appraisal-based theory of emotion and then according to Weiner's attribution-based theory of emotion.

The facial feedback hypothesis:

The _______muscle(s) lie beneath the eyebrows.

All cognitive emotion theorists endorse the position that:

What is emotion knowledge? How do individuals develop emotion knowledge? How does ever more sophisticated emotion knowledge benefit the person?

Which of the following sequence of events best reflects the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Summarize Weiner's attributional theory of emotion. Start with an outcome and conclude your answer by explaining how a person experiences specific emotions such as pride and anger.

Define and differentiate between Lazarus's two constructs of primary appraisal and secondary appraisal.

What did Lazarus's view of emotion add to Arnold's?

Which of the following events prompts the individual to make a secondary appraisal of a potentially stressful event?

According to Lazarus's theory of emotion, the primary appraisal of failing to live up to an ego ideal leads in a reliable way to the emotional experience of:

Introduction

Motivation and Emotion in Historical Perspective

The Motivated and Emotional Brain

Physiological Needs

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

Psychological Needs

Implicit Motives

Goal Setting and Goal Striving

Mindsets

Personal Control Beliefs

The Self and Its Strivings

Nature of Emotion: Six Perennial Questions

Individual Emotions

Growth Motivation and Positive Psychology

Unconscious Motivation

Interventions

Filters