Emotion

Question 1

Emotion - short and temporary

Mood - sustained subjective ongoing emotional experience

Answer 1

emotion vs mood

Question 2

Sadness
Happiness
Anger
Fear
Disgust
Surprise

Answer 2

Basic emotion theory

Question 3

Emotions that are especially common within a particular culture

Answer 3

Focal emotions

Question 4

Emotions are biologically based and universal

Answer 4

Evolutionary approach to emotion

Question 5

Evolutionary approach to emotion

Answer 5

Constructivist approach to emotion

Question 6

Emotions that promote specific cultural values and ideals are valued more and as a result should play a more prominent role in the social lives of individuals

Answer 6

Affect evaluation theory

Question 7

Cultural rules specifying what emotions should and should not be expressed under what circumstances

Answer 7

Display rules for emotion

Question 8

Positive emotions broaden thoughts and actions

Answer 8

Broaden-and-build hypothesis

Question 9

Physiological responses cause emotion
Each emotion has a distinct pattern of physiological change
Ex: hot hands = anger, cold feet = fear

Perceived event → physiological/behavioral responses → emotion

Answer 9

James-Lange Theory

Question 10

Emotion and physiology are simultaneous

Thalamus (info hub) receives sensory info
Sends it to cerebral cortex and peripheral nervous system at the same time

Emotion is created directly in the brain and moves out to the body

Perceived event → physiological/behavioral response + emotional experience

Answer 10

Cannon-Bard Theory

Question 11

Cognitive interpretation of the event is important
How you make sense of the event influences how you feel about it
People can have different emotional responses to the same stimulus

Physiological arousal + cognitive interpretation → emotional experience

Answer 11

Appraisal Theory
(ex.in response to an angry or rude customer, two customer service employees may have completely different emotional responses, depending on their appraisals of that situation)

Question 12

We use our emotions as a guide to decision making

Answer 12

Feelings as information

Question 13

Predictions about how life events will influence happiness

Answer 13

Affective forecasting

Question 14

Focusing on how a single future event will influence happiness without considering other events

Answer 14

Focalism

Question 15

The human tendency to underestimate the speed and the strength of the “psychological immune system,” which enables emotional recovery and resilience after bad things happen

Answer 15

Immune neglect

Question 16

The relative unimportance of the length of an emotional experience, be it pleasurable or unpleasant, in judgments of the overall experience

Answer 16

Duration neglect

Question 17

The idea that moral judgments reflect people’s initial and automatic emotional responses

Answer 17

Social intuitionist model

Question 18

A theory proposing that there are five evolved, universal moral domains in which specific emotions guide moral judgments

Answer 18

Moral foundations theory

Question 19

Trying to find joy and contentment

Answer 19

Pursuit of happiness