Exam 8: Emotion

Emotional skills training, or "sensitivity training" as it is sometimes called, helps people recognize, understand, and manage emotions in complex social environments such as the workplace or the military. Imagine that you are asked to give one of these presentations to your coworkers. Create a short summary of how you would approach this topic and what you would include in your presentation. Using skills you've learned in this chapter, suggest at least two techniques each for helping people recognize, understand, and effectively manage their emotions in the workplace.

People who can accurately identify which emotion they're feeling are best equipped to manage their emotions in productive ways.

Which of the following was NOT found by a study of emotional contagion online?

Social anxiety is a rare and serious psychological disorder.

In every measurable way, women are more emotional than men.

People raised in collectivistic cultures typically express more negative emotion to outsiders than do people raised in individualistic cultures.

Which of the following is true about the relationship between jealousy and envy?

Which of the following is an example of a primary emotion?

Which display rule involves acting as though you're indifferent or emotionless when you are actually experiencing an emotion?

People who score highly on which personality trait are more likely than others to experience anger, guilt, anxiety, and depression?

In a brief essay, discuss the relative importance of sex and gender in the way that people experience and express their emotions. Provide clear, reasoned arguments and use concrete examples to illustrate the points that you are trying to make.

All of the sad/anxious emotions discussed in the chapter carry with them a tendency to promote withdrawal from other people. Of the five mentioned, select one that you feel is particularly problematic for individuals who experience it. Next, using specific information and concrete examples, discuss why you feel this particular emotion can be so damaging. Be sure to compare and contrast it with the other sad/anxious emotions to support your choice. Finally, offer people who might be afflicted with this emotional state some hope by suggesting ways they can work through it.

Cultural norms (including those of co-cultures) can be a powerful influence over what is considered proper or improper in the display of emotion. Begin by discussing ways in which cultures appear to be the same in the way they express emotions. Next, talk about some of these cultural differences. Finally, generate at least two pieces of advice you would give to someone about understanding and respecting cultural variation in the expression of emotion.

Which process involves changing the way you think about the situation that gave rise to a negative emotion?

Emotions generally last longer than moods.

Explain and provide a concrete example of meta-emotion.

Denying and suppressing felt emotions can contribute to a number of health problems.

Which emotion involves feelings of joy and surprise, along with experiences of excitement and attraction for another person?

________ is the emotion we experience when we feel we have been wronged in some way.

Soldiers decline treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder primarily because they