Chapter 5:

Question 1

What is Emotion?

Answer 1

Brief, specific response involving appraisals, experiences, expressions and physiologically that help people meet their goals including social goals

Question 2

What is appraisal?

Answer 2

Interpretation an individual gives to a situation that gives rise to the experience of the emotion

Question 3

How do we tell emotions and moods apart?

Answer 3

Emotions= brief and specific (situational)

Mood= long and non specific

Question 4

Why do we have emotions?

Answer 4

1) helps us interpret our surroundings “read the room”

2) guide our actions. Ex. Anger sparks protests and change

Question 5

What are emotional expressions (freebie)

Answer 5

Both universal and culturally specific

Question 6

What did Darwin hypothesize about universal expressions?

Answer 6

1) all people use same muscles so there should be similar interpretations of the expressions

2) since close evolutionary theory, primates should have similar expressions to humans

3) blind people show similar expressions to sighted people

Question 7

What are focal emotions?

Answer 7

Emotion that is common within a culture

Ex. Interdependent cultures have more shame

Question 8

Why do some emotions become focal? (Affect valuation theory)

Answer 8

Affect valuation theory: emotions promote cultural ideals

Question 9

What is emotional regulation?

Answer 9

Altering emotions to fit the present context

Question 10

Three emotional regulation strategies:

Answer 10

Rethink - cause of emotion

Accept - welcoming attitude to emotions

Suppression - minimize signs of emotion

Question 11

What is Social functional theory ?

Answer 11

The broad idea that emotions coordinate social interactions in ways that enable people to meet social opportunities and challenges

Question 12

“Commitment problem”

Answer 12

We must regularly sacrifice for others to increase affection

Question 13

How does emotions help us in relationships?

Answer 13

1) expressions of emotions signals our commitment to others well-being

2) emotions lead us to prioritize others

Question 14

Does oxytocin make us more loving?

Answer 14

Yes!

But can also increase prejudice, cuz we tend to show this love to only in groups. Can increase prejudice.

Question 15

How do emotions help us find out places in groups?

Answer 15

Expressions of emotion can cause group members to trust, fear and dislike you

Question 16

How does emotions influence perception and reasoning?

Answer 16

Perception, ex if grieving everything you see will kinda be a bummer about everything

Reasoning, positive mood = positive thinking

Question 17

What is the Broaden and build hypothesis?

Answer 17

Positive emotions broaden thoughts and actions helping people build social resources

Question 18

What are Cultural variances in happiness?

Answer 18

Different ideas in each culture on what leads to happiness

Question 19

How to measure happiness?

Answer 19

Life satisfaction

And

Emotional well-being

Question 20

What are the Happiest countries?

Answer 20

Strong safety net countries (Sweden, Norway and Finland )

Question 21

What are the benefits of happiness?

Answer 21

1) enables better work

2) personal relationships

3) better health

Question 22

What is Affective forecasting ?

Answer 22

We assume we’ll be sadder than we really are.

Question 23

What is Immune neglect?

Answer 23

People underestimate their capacity to be resilient responding to life events. Which makes us overestimate how impacted our personal well being will be.

Question 24

What is Focalism?

Answer 24

We tend to focus on a central aspect of an event and ignore other things that are going on that can change how we feel

Question 25

What is Duration neglect ?

Answer 25

Unimportance of the length of an emotional experience if good or bad. When looking back on experiences we remember the quality time spent together as opposed to length of time together.