Exam 7: The Origins of Emotion, Temperament, and Personality

All the following statements about complex emotions are true EXCEPT:

Rocky is a toddler who is tentative when in new surroundings.He does not like meeting new people and seems extremely timid.Rocky demonstrates:

Maysa is an infant whose mother is clinically depressed.Marsha is an infant whose mother is not depressed.Both girls are tested in the still face paradigm.Which outcome is most likely?

Jose is an infant who shifts his attention away from a frightening image.This is an illustration of:

Pat, a toddler, sucks her thumb whenever she is scared.This makes her feel better.This is an example of:

At what point in development do negative emotions start to differentiate into the categories of sadness and anger?

________ is a brain structure involved in forming memories of emotional events.

All of the following statements are true of Jerome Kagan's research findings EXCEPT:

A measure of temperament yields different results across different ages, observers, and situations.The measure is said to have low:

Sachi is a child being raised in Japan, and Susan is a child being raised in the United States.Which of the following is most likely?

Gene's dog is very timid.He is afraid of dogs that are smaller than him.How would you describe the dog's temperament?

What is negativity bias and why might infants demonstrate this response?

The temperamental aspects of inhibition and negative affect are often associated with which personality trait?

Marcela is considered an easy baby.Which of these characteristics is she UNLIKELY to demonstrate?

What is most likely to elicit a smile in a newborn?

Colby is a challenging child.However, his mother is able to guide him well and they have a strong relationship.This represents:

Emotions can be thought of as ways of mobilizing ourselves to achieve certain goals.This idea represents the ________ approach to emotion.

Claudine, a 12-month-old, participated in a study where she watched a cartoon that depicted a triangle that helped a ball move up the hill and a square that hindered the ball's attempts.Claudine then saw two follow-up cartoons in which the ball approached either the triangle (the helper) or the square (the hinderer).Claudine likely:

Jamal is a toddler who is able to effectively shift his attention and focus on tasks.Jamal would be considered high on:

Researchers studied abused children and a control group and presented participants a digitally altered series of images of the same face, with the images gradually transforming from a face with a neutral expression to a face with a strong emotion.They found that children of abusive parents: