Question 1

After monitoring the moods of 184 people (age 18 and up) for one week, what did Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr, and Nesselroade (2000) discover about their older research participants?

Accepted Answer

Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr, and Nesselroade (2000) found that older participants tended to savor the positive events more than younger participants, indicating a shift towards a more positive emotional focus with age.

Question 2

Daring college age people with older people, Carstensen found that

Accepted Answer

Carstensen's socioemotional selectivity theory suggests that as people age, they tend to remember positive information more readily than negative information, a phenomenon not observed as strongly in younger individuals.

Question 3

What did Dr. Pennebaker ask his undergraduate research participants to do?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Pennebaker's research involved asking participants to write about their deepest thoughts and feelings, exploring the psychological and physical health benefits of expressive writing.

Question 4

People who are high in the trait of alexithemia have difficulty

Accepted Answer

Alexithymia is characterized by difficulty in identifying and describing emotions, as well as distinguishing between emotions and bodily sensations.

Question 5

In Chapter 7, how was Maria able to share her emotional intelligence with the students in her class?

Accepted Answer

Maria demonstrated her emotional intelligence by managing her own emotions, serving as a model for her students.

Question 6

People who are high in emotional intelligence are likely to

Accepted Answer

People high in emotional intelligence are more adept at understanding and managing their own emotions as well as recognizing and influencing the emotions of others, which makes them more likely to involve themselves in situations to assist other people.

Question 7

What is more important than scoring high on an emotional intelligence test?

Accepted Answer

Understanding one's level of emotional intelligence skills is crucial for personal development and improvement, which is more beneficial than merely scoring high on a test.

Question 8

What was one long-term benefit for participants in Dr. Pennebaker's emotional storytelling group?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Pennebaker's research found that participants who wrote about their deepest thoughts and feelings regarding traumatic events had fewer visits to the physician in the months following the experiment, indicating a long-term health benefit.

Question 9

Which of the following plays a role in determining the extent to which we are able to make the most of our emotional experiences?

Accepted Answer

Cultural norms influence how emotions are expressed, perceived, and valued, affecting how individuals experience and interpret their emotions.

Question 10

Good teachers are able to assess

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The answer of Good teachers are able to assess
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Question 11

The Pennebaker paradigm refers to

Accepted Answer

The Pennebaker paradigm is based on the idea that writing about emotional upheaval and traumatic events can have significant therapeutic value, helping individuals process and cope with their emotions.

Question 12

What do positive psychologists call the act of written disclosure about emotional upheaval?

Accepted Answer

The Pennebaker Paradigm refers to the process of writing about emotional experiences, which was developed by psychologist James W. Pennebaker. His research found that such writing can have significant health benefits, leading to the term "Pennebaker Paradigm" to describe this act of written emotional disclosure.

Question 13

How does our unique ability to monitor time across the entire span of life impact emotion-related goals?

Accepted Answer

Our ability to monitor time influences how we prioritize and allocate energy towards emotional goals, as we become more aware of the limited time available to achieve them.

Question 14

In comparing people who preferred emotional coping with those who preferred more goal oriented writing, Austrnfeld and Stanton found that

Accepted Answer

The study found that the emotion oriented people reported fewer visits to a healthcare provider than the other group after writing about emotions and emotional experiences.

Question 15

The story about the traumatic event involving diving was used to illustrate

Accepted Answer

The story illustrates that while the emotional storytelling had a distressing effect initially, it later had positive effects, showing how the process of sharing and processing traumatic events can evolve over time from negative to positive impacts.

Question 16

What is the likelihood that when we experience an overwhelming emotional event we will share the experience with a friend or family member within the same day of occurrence?

Accepted Answer

According to research, the likelihood of sharing an overwhelming emotional event with a friend or family member within the same day of occurrence is as high as 95%. Therefore, the best choice is option D.

Question 17

Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen demonstrated that young people and their older counterparts manage emotion-laden material quite differently. More specifically, what did younger participants attended to more quickly?

Accepted Answer

Younger participants attended to negative images more quickly, reflecting a tendency known as the "negativity bias," where negative information is often processed more thoroughly than positive or neutral information.

Question 18

Unlike young people, older individuals seem to orient to what type of goals?

Accepted Answer

Older individuals tend to orient to here-and-now goals, focusing on the present moment and immediate experiences rather than future-oriented or long-term goals.

Question 19

How did the experimental group initially respond to Dr. Pennebaker's intervention?

Accepted Answer

The experimental group initially responded to Dr. Pennebaker's intervention by becoming more distressed. This is often the case in studies where participants are asked to confront and write about traumatic or stressful events, leading to an initial increase in distress before potential long-term benefits in health and psychological well-being are observed.

Question 20

Psychologist James Pennebaker conducted research asking the experimental group to write about their deepest thoughts and feelings. The control group wrote about non-emotional topics. His findings were that

Accepted Answer

James Pennebaker's research found that while writing about emotional topics was initially distressing for the experimental group, it proved to be more beneficial for them in the long term, indicating the therapeutic value of expressive writing.

Quiz 7: Making the Most of Emotional Experiences: Emotion-Focused Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Socioemotional Selectivity, and Emotional Storytelling