Exam 4: Emotions, Stress, and Human Relations

Samuel became upset when he found out his roommate, Jake, ate the last slice of pizza in the fridge. He responded by hiding Jake's algebra homework. Hiding Jake's homework in response to Jake's pizza eating is an example of

Ralph is having a hard time dealing with his older brother picking on him all the time. One day he gets tired of holding his emotions in and starts to defend himself in an assertive way. Ralph most likely comes from a _____________ culture because this type of culture encourages assertiveness.

One of the major ways to distinguish between "sadness" and "depression" involves

After picking up her husband's socks for the hundredth time, Carson called him a pig and stormed out of the house. Calling him a pig is an example of which destructive and direct expression of anger?

When it comes to interpreting situations, events that are meaningful to those experiencing them are called __________ events.

__________ expression of anger involves expressing your anger openly toward the object of your anger.

__________ is a normal human emotion that provides a signal that something is wrong.

Although it can be hard to distinguish between depression and sadness, doctors often use __________ and

Multiple studies on the influence of social support on stress suggest

Connie has a lot of mood swings when she's going through stressful times, and as a result, her behavior can be quite erratic. She tends to let her emotions guide the way she acts, which is a sign that she is from a ________________ culture.

People with more activity in the right hemisphere of their brain have a tendency to feel more of which emotion?

Instead of asking her roommate to pick up her things, Nikki accused her of being a lazy slob. Nikki's expression of anger best fits the ____________ category.

People with more activity in the left hemisphere of their brain have a tendency to feel more of which emotion?

The tyranny of shoulds leads to which two related irrational beliefs?

Compared to a normal person, a depressed person is

According to _________ psychology, our emotions are an important contribution to our survival and growth as a species.

One characteristic of hardiness, challenge involves the perception that

Jessica left her homework on the bus and was forced to tell her teacher of her mistake. Before she even talked to her teacher, she assumed the missing homework would make it impossible for her to improve her grade. This is an example of which irrational belief that can influence emotions?

Depression has been linked to

___________ therapies work to treat depression by helping the depressed understand how their thinking affects their emotions and learn to adjust their thinking and emotions.