Deck 12: Cognition and Emotion

Question 1

Moods differ from emotions in that they are typically

A) shorter lasting and less intense
B) shorter lasting and more intense
C) longer lasting and less intense
D) longer lasting and more intense

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In decision-making, anger causes

A) extensive use of systematic and heuristic processing
B) extensive use of systematic processing only
C) extensive use of heuristic processing only
D) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In decision-making, positive mood states lead to

A) risky decisions + heuristic processing
B) risky decisions + systematic processing
C) non-risky decisions + heuristic processing
D) non-risky decisions + systematic processing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Emotions of direct relevance to the situation and current task are

A) congruent emotions
B) incidental emotions
C) integral emotions
D) none of the above

Question 5

Someone who attaches more weight to cognitive arguments than to emotional ones in decision-making is said to make

A) cold-hearted decisions
B) utilitarian decisions
C) non-utilitarian decisions
D) none of the above

Question 6

In decision-making, research on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) suggests that

A) both are involved in cognitive control + emotional processing
B) the VMPFC is involved mostly in cognitive control
C) the DLPFC is involved mostly in emotional processing
D) the DLPFC is involved mostly in cognitive control

Question 7

The dual-process theory of moral reasoning is limited because it

A) focuses on relevant brain areas
B) distinguishes between cognitive and emotional processes
C) ignores how different moral rules influence decision-making
D) none of the above

Question 8

Syllogistic reasoning is a type of

A) informal reasoning
B) deductive reasoning
C) inductive reasoning
D) none of the above

Question 9

Anxious individuals often have poor reasoning performance because anxiety impairs

A) the phonological loop
B) the visuo-spatial sketchpad
C) the central executive
D) none of the above

Question 10

Anger causes

A) pessimistic judgements + low perceived control
B) pessimistic judgments + high perceived control
C) optimistic judgements + low perceived control
D) optimistic judgements + high perceived control

Question 11

Sadness causes

A) pessimistic judgements about the future + risky decision-making
B) pessimistic judgments about the future + non-risky decision-making
C) optimistic judgements about the future + risky decision-making
D) optimistic judgements about the future + non-risky decision-making

Question 12

Research on the effects of anxiety and sadness on breadth of attention shows that

A) both lead to a broadening of attention
B) sadness leads to a broadening of attention and anxiety to narrowing
C) anxiety leads to a broadening of attention and sadness to narrowing
D) both lead to a narrowing of attention

Question 13

Research on recall of peripheral details of emotional autobiographical memories shows that

A) more details are remembered for positive surprise memories than sad memories
B) more details are remembered for sad memories than for positive surprise memories
C) more details are remembered for angry memories than for happy memories
D) more details are remembered for fearful memories than for calm memories

Question 14

Which of the following is true?

A) mood-congruent memory effects are equally strong with positive and negative moods
B) mood-congruent memory effects are rarely found
C) mood-congruity memory effects tend to be stronger with negative moods than positive ones
D) mood-congruent memory effects tend to be stronger with positive moods than negative ones

Question 15

Research on mood-state-dependent memory indicates that

A) it is rarely found in most circumstances
B) it is found equally often in free recall and cued recall
C) it is found more often in cued recall than free recall
D) it is found more often in free recall than in cued recall

Question 16

Recovered memories of childhood abuse are

A) more likely to be false if initially recalled outside rather than inside therapy
B) mostly false regardless of whether initially recalled inside or outside therapy
C) more likely to be false if initially recalled inside rather than outside therapy
D) mostly true regardless of whether they were initially recalled inside or outside therapy

Question 17

Urbach-Wiethe disease involves

A) damage to the amygdala + reduced emotional experience
B) damage to the amygdala + enhanced emotional experience
C) damage to the prefrontal cortex + reduced emotional experience
D) damage to the prefrontal cortex + enhanced emotional experience

Question 18

Anxiety causes

A) pessimistic judgments about the future + risky decision-making
B) pessimistic judgments about the future + non-risky decision-making
C) optimistic judgements about the future + risky decision-making
D) optimistic judgements about the future + non-risky decision-making

Question 19

Brain damage to emotion areas

A) impairs performance on gambling tasks
B) enhances performance on gambling tasks
C) has no effect on gambling tasks
D) makes people more risk averse

Question 20

In general terms, research on the effects of mood states on cognition has indicated that

A) most mood states have very small effects on cognition
B) most mood states have very similar effects on cognition
C) most mood states improve cognition
D) mood states vary considerably in their effects on cognition