Deck 36: A: Expressed Emotion

Question 1

Compared with men, women would probably be better at

A) detecting the emotions of two people having a discussion over lunch.
B) controlling their physiological responses on a guilty knowledge test.
C) interpreting the polygraph test of a suspected criminal.
D) avoiding the facial feedback effect.

Answer 1

detecting the emotions of two people having a discussion over lunch.

Question 2

Compared with males, females are more likely to cry and report distress when observing someone in distress. This best illustrates

A) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
B) the spillover effect.
C) relative deprivation.
D) empathy.

Answer 2

empathy.

Question 3

If you grimace in fear while taking a difficult exam, this facial expression is likely to cause

A) you to experience increasingly intense feelings of fear.
B) you to have less difficulty recalling the correct answers to the exam questions.
C) your blood sugar levels to decrease.
D) all of these things to happen.

Answer 3

you to experience increasingly intense feelings of fear.

Question 4

When research participants were asked to raise their middle finger through a motion sensor while reading a story, the behaviors they read about were perceived as more hostile. This best illustrated

A) the catharsis hypothesis.
B) behavior feedback phenomenon.
C) the two-factor theory.
D) the adaptation-level phenomenon.

Question 5

The eyebrows raised and pulled together most clearly signal

A) fear.
B) anger.
C) disgust.
D) happiness.

Question 6

In 1968, North Korea published photos of American officers they had captured from a U.S. navy ship. Three men in the photo most clearly conveyed an emotional expression of defiance toward their captors by means of

A) the facial feedback effect.
B) spontaneous remission.
C) the spillover effect.
D) gestures.

Question 7

Comparing introverts and extraverts, we can say that the nonverbal expressions of emotion conveyed by ________ are easier to read, and ________ are better at reading other people's nonverbal expressions of emotion.

A) introverts; introverts
B) extraverts; extraverts
C) introverts; extraverts
D) extraverts; introverts

Question 8

Researchers have found that people experience cartoons as more amusing while holding a pen with their teeth than while holding it with their lips. This best illustrates the

A) catharsis hypothesis.
B) relative deprivation principle.
C) facial feedback effect.
D) adaptation-level phenomenon.

Question 9

Who suggested that a sneer retains elements of baring one's teeth so as to threaten predators?

A) Stanley Schachter
B) William James
C) Walter Cannon
D) Charles Darwin

Question 10

Whether you live in an African village or a European city, fast-paced music seems more ________ than slow-paced music.

A) happy
B) emotion-focused
C) Type B
D) stressful

Question 11

The suggestion that "a happy face creates a merry soul" is most consistent with the

A) Cannon-Bard theory.
B) catharsis hypothesis.
C) adaptation-level phenomenon.
D) James-Lange theory.

Question 12

Studies of our ability to perceive and communicate emotions indicate that

A) the body movements and gestures used to express emotions are the same throughout the world.
B) it is difficult to use nonverbal cues to mislead others about our true emotions.
C) in a crowd of people, it's easier to detect a single angry face than a single happy face.
D) accurately identifying emotional facial expressions in people from different cultures requires personal experience with those cultures.

Question 13

Compared with the explanations we give for men's emotionality, our explanations for women's emotionality are ________ likely to focus on their personal dispositions and ________ likely to focus on their circumstances.

A) less; less
B) more; more
C) less; more
D) more; less

Question 14

Studies of observers' ability to detect whether people are lying or telling the truth indicate that the number of observers' correct judgments are ________ than one would predict from chance.

A) dramatically greater
B) only slighter greater
C) somewhat less
D) dramatically less

Question 15

Couples who are passionately in love most frequently communicate intimacy by means of

A) averted glances.
B) contraction of the pupils.
C) winking.
D) prolonged eye gazing.

Question 16

As a member of the diplomatic corps, Alex was given special training in the customs, language, and religions of the nonindustrialized country where he would be living. However, Alex probably needed little training to correctly interpret his hosts' expressions of emotion as revealed by their

A) body postures.
B) facial expressions.
C) hand gestures.
D) tones of voice.

Question 17

Patients reportedly feel less depressed following between-the-eyebrows Botox injections that immobilize their frown muscles. This best illustrates the

A) feel-good, do-good phenomenon.
B) adaptation-level phenomenon.
C) spillover effect.
D) facial feedback effect.

Question 18

The most unambiguous nonverbal clue to our specific emotional state is provided by our

A) respiration rate.
B) hand gestures.
C) body posture.
D) facial muscles.

Question 19

When viewing subliminally flashed words, we are especially likely to sense the presence of words such as

A) mind.
B) body.
C) life.
D) death.

Question 20

North Americans are more likely than Japanese citizens to display their feelings openly. This cultural difference best reflects the American culture's greater emphasis on

A) role playing.
B) individuality.
C) the spillover effect.
D) relative deprivation.

Question 21

When Laura acts happy, she experiences increased feelings of cheerfulness. This best illustrates the

A) adaptation-level phenomenon.
B) diminishing returns phenomenon.
C) feel-good, do-good phenomenon.
D) behavior feedback phenomenon.