Chapter 6

Question 1

What is emotion

Answer 1

A brief, specific response, both psychological and physiological but help people meet goals including social goals

Question 2

How do we distinguish emotions

Answer 2

Through the five components of emotion

Question 3

What are the five components of emotion

Answer 3

The appraisal process
Physiological response
Expressive behavior
Subjective feelings
Action tendencies

Question 4

what is The appraisal process

Answer 4

A component of emotion; patterns of construal for evaluating events and objects in the environment based on their relation to current gols

Fast and automatic appraisals whether an event is consistent or inconsistent with our goals lead to Pleasance or unpleasant feelings

Question 5

What is the physiological responses

Answer 5

Such as blushing embarrassment

Question 6

What is the expressive behavior

Answer 6

how we express emotion; can be both universal and subject to striking cultural differences

Question 7

What is subjective feelings

Answer 7

The qualities that define what the experience of a particular emotion is like

Question 8

What is action tendencies

Answer 8

Emotions move us toward specific actions and behaviors

Question 9

What are Darwins three hypotheses about emotional expression

Answer 9

Is that it posits universalit that’s because all humans use the same facial muscles to communicate people in all cultures should communicate and percieve emotion in a similar fashion

2; darling reason because humans share an evolutionary history with other mammals expressive behaviors should resembled those of other species

3; he argued that blind individuals Will still show expressions similar to those exciting people because the tendency to express emotions in specific ways has been encoded by evolutionary processes

Question 10

Define the word emotion accent

Answer 10

Specific way people from different cultures expressed a particular emotion

Question 11

Define the word focal emotion

Answer 11

An emotion that is especially common within a particular culture

Question 12

What is affect valuation theory

Answer 12

Emotions that promote important cultural ideals are valued and will tend to play a more prominent role in the social lives of individuals

Question 13

Define the term display rule

Answer 13

A culturally specific rules that governs how, when and to whom people express emotion

Question 14

What are the types of display rules

Answer 14

People can de-intensify their emotional expression for example suppressing the urge to laugh at a friends fumbling on a romantic quest

People can intensify their expression by smiling widely when taking the first bite of yet another culinary disaster concocted by a roommate

They can mask their negative emotions with the polite smile

They can neutralize their expression with the poker face

Question 15

What is the emotional intelligence (EQ)

Answer 15

The ability to express, recognize and use emotions well within social interactions

Question 16

Emotional intelligence is defined by four skills what are they

Answer 16

The ability to accurately perceive others emotions
ability to understand one’s own emotions
The ability to use current feelings to aid in making good decisions
The ability to manage one’s emotions in ways that fit the current situation

Question 17

are positive emotions sources of simplistic or lazy thinking

Answer 17

no
Happiness promotes people to reason in ways that are flexible and creative

Positive moods allow opponents to think flexibly about the positions and the interests of other side

Question 18

Define the idea of broaden and and build hypothesis

Answer 18

The idea that positive emotions broaden thoughts and actions, helping people build social resources

Question 19

What is social intuitionist model of moral judgment

Answer 19

The idea that people first have fast, emotional reactions two more highly relevant events, and then rely on the reason to arrive at a judgment of right or wrong

For example when people say I can’t explain why that I just know that this is wrong

basically we cannot provide a reason

Question 20

What is the moral foundations theory

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What are the five domains of the moral foundations theory

Answer 21

Care/harm
Fairness/cheating
Loyalty/betrayal
Authority/subversion
Purity/ degradation

Question 22

what is Care/harm

Answer 22

Centers on the suffering of others especially vulnerable individuals

Question 23

what is Fairness/cheating

Answer 23

Focuses on concerns that I others act in a just fashion and is triggered by unfair acts

Question 24

what is Loyalty/betrayal

Answer 24

Pertains to the commitments we make to groups

Question 25

what is Authority/subversion

Answer 25

Is about finding one’s place in social hierarchies

Question 26

what is Purity/ degradation

Answer 26

Centers on avoiding dangerous diseases and contaminants and more metaphorically socially and pure ideas or actions

Question 27

What theory helps us to understand the so-called culture wars between political liberals and conservatives over issues such as abortion and gun-control

Answer 27

Moral foundations theory

Question 28

Psychologists now believe happiness has two measurable components what are they

Answer 28

Life satisfaction or how well you think your life is going in general
Emotional well-being which are first to the tendency to experience more positive emotion at any moment in time for over a given length of time

Question 29

What is affective forcasting

Answer 29

Predicting future emotions, Such as whether an event will result in happiness or anger or sadness and for how long

Question 30

What is immune neglect

Answer 30

The tendency for people to under estimate their capacity to be resilient in responding to difficult life events which leads them to overestimate makes sense to which life’s problems will reduce their personal wellbeing

Question 31

define focalism

Answer 31

A tendency to focus too much on cultural aspect over the event while neglecting the possible impact of associates factors or other events

Basically we focus too much on the most immediate and searing elements of significant events a romantic partner is leaving us and we neglect to consider how are other aspects of our lives also shape our satisfaction. We tend to assume that once a particular event happens such as landing a dream job we will be truly and and during we happy but we forget that health problems or conflicts with our spouse etc. Will also influence our happiness

Question 32

Is it true that money doesn’t buy happiness

Answer 32

Having very little money is on ambiguous the associated with greater unhappiness. For example people living in poor countries are not as happy as those living in wealthier countries because they likely suffer from unemployment or disease etc

The impact of money on happiness is quite different for those who are better off financially

Question 33

What is duration neglect

Answer 33

Giving relative unimportance to the length of Emotional experience whether pleasurable or unpleasant in judging and remembering the overall experience

Question 34

What are the three factors that determine recollections of pleasure

Answer 34

The peak moments of pleasure at the start of event predicts how much pleasure you will remember later

How you feel at the end of an event also strongy predicts your overall experience of pleasure

The length of the pleasurable experience minimally related to the overall recollection aka bias is called the duration neglect