Emotion: Questions

Question 1

Flashbulb memories are extremely detailed, vivid memories usually associated with highly emotional events. The accuracy of these memories seems

a.
remarkably high, identifying these memories as a special class of episodic recall.

b.
unrelated to any factors researchers have tested so far.

c.
vulnerable to error, especially if the memory is discussed frequently.

d.
strongly associated with participants’ confidence levels, differentiating flashbulb memories from other forms of memories.

Answer 1

c.
vulnerable to error, especially if the memory is discussed frequently.

Question 2

Which of the following is true about the perception of emotion during the classical period?

a.
Emotion should be controlled

b.
Emotion is distinct from reason

c.
All of these

d.
Emotion inferior to reason

Answer 2

c.
All of these

Question 3

A long-lasting affective state that often does not have an identifiable triggering event is known as what?
a.
Temperament

b.
Mood

c.
All of these

d.
Emotion

Answer 3

b.
Mood

Question 4

Which approach to understanding emotion claims that emotions are discrete, qualitatively distinct, mental states?
a.
Appraisal

b.
Dimensional

c.
Constructionist

d.
Categorical

Answer 4

d.
Categorical

Question 5

Which approach to the study of emotion considers emotions as graded experiences that vary along one or more continuous dimensions?
a.
appraisal

b.
constuctionist

c.
categorical

d.
dimensional

Answer 5

d.
dimensional

Question 6

Which of the following describes the order of emotional stages according to the James-Lange Theory?
a.
Event –> Action –> Appraisal –> Feeling

b.
Event –> Appraisal –> Action –> Feeling

c.
Event –> Appraisal –> Feeling –> Action

d.
Event –> Feeling –> Action –> Appraisal

Answer 6

b.
Event –> Appraisal –> Action –> Feeling

Question 7

Fearful facial expressions include enlarged eye whites, which have been shown to increase the size of the visual field allowing for greater visual intake. Which of Darwin’s Principles does this aspect of the fearful facial expression most closely align?
a.
The principle of actions due to the constitution of the nervous system

b.
The principle of antithesis

c.
The principle of serviceable associated habits

d.
all of these

Answer 7

c.
The principle of serviceable associated habits

Question 8

Most theories of emotion recognize that emotions include which of the following components?
a.
Somatic response

b.
Cognitive response

c.
all of these

d.
Subjective feeling

Answer 8

c.
all of these

Question 9

The function of which emotion involves the avoidance of contamination?
a.
Fear

b.
Suprise

c.
Anger

d.
Disgust

Answer 9

d.
Disgust

Question 10

Which of the following are associated with the Kluver-Bucy Syndrome?
a.
Abnormal sexual behavior

b.
Reduced fear

c.
all of these

d.
Indiscriminate eating

Answer 10

c.
all of these

Question 11

Patient SM has a rare genetic disease that has left her fearless as a result of damage to which part of the brain?
a.
hippocampus

b.
thalamus

c.
temporal cortex

d.
amygdala

Answer 11

d.
amygdala

Question 12

You see an indiscriminate shape lurking behind a bush that causes you to freeze and take a closer look. You then recognize a small bunny hopping away. Your first response is likely driven by which of LeDoux’s two roads to the amygdala?
a.
Low road

b.
neither pathway

c.
High road

d.
Both pathways

Answer 12

a.
Low road

Question 13

Which of the following types of emotional stimuli does the amygdala respond to
a.
The amygdala does not processes emotional information

b.
Fear

c.
All negative emotions

d.
All types of emotional stimuli

Answer 13

d.
All types of emotional stimuli

Question 14

Which of the following tasks have been used to show that emotional stimuli capture attention?
a.
Attentional blink

b.
Visual search

c.
Stroop

d.
all of these

Answer 14

d.
all of these

Question 15

Damage to which brain structure has been shown to reduce the attention capturing properties of emotional stimuli?
a.
Posterior parietal cortex

b.
all of these

c.
Hippocampus

d.
Amygdala

Answer 15

d.
Amygdala

Question 16

Fear conditioning appears to be dependent upon which brain structure?
a.
all of these

b.
Hippocampus

c.
Amygdala

d.
Cerebellum

Answer 16

c.
Amygdala

Question 17

Which memory process most likely explains that fact that flashbulb memories are typically well remembered?
a.
All of these

b.
Encoding specificity

c.
none of these

d.
Rehearsal and reconsolidation

Answer 17

d.
Rehearsal and reconsolidation

Question 18

Highly vivid memory for an intensely emotionally engaging event is referred to as what?
a.
Photographic memory

b.
Flashbulb memory

c.
All of these

d.
Flashcard memory

Answer 18

b.
Flashbulb memory

Question 19

Amygdala damage would impact an individuals memory for an emotional event in which of the following ways?
a.
Their memory for the emotional event would be stronger than their memory for non-emotional events.

b.
Their memory for the emotional event would be equivalent to their memory for non-emotional events.

c.
They would have no memory of the emotional event.

d.
Their memory for the event would be unaffected.

Answer 19

b.
Their memory for the emotional event would be equivalent to their memory for non-emotional events.

Question 20

Binging the latest series of your favorite show after losing your job might be considered an example of which emotion relation technique?
a.
Cognitive Change

b.
Response modulation

c.
All of these

d.
Attentional Deployment

Answer 20

d.
Attentional Deployment

Question 21

Although initially upset after losing your job , after further consideration you realize that your long-term career objectives were not related to this job and now you are excited about the additional time you will have focus on developing skills related to your career objectives. This might be considered an example of which emotion relation technique?
a.
Response modulation

b.
All of these

c.
Attentional deployment

d.
Cognitive change

Answer 21

d.
Cognitive change

Question 22

Holding back tears (or laughter) after losing your job would be an example of which emotion regulation technique?
a.
Response modulation

b.
Cognitive change

c.
Attentional deployment

d.
All of these

Answer 22

a.
Response modulation

Question 23

When deploying an emotion regulation strategy, in the brain you would expect which of the following?
a.
Increased prefrontal activation & increased amygdala activation

b.
Increased prefrontal activation & increased or decreased amygdala activation depended upon whether the emotion was up-regulated or down-regulated.

c.
Increased prefrontal activation & decreased amygdala activation

d.
Decreased prefrontal activation & decreased amygdala activation

Answer 23

b.
Increased prefrontal activation & increased or decreased amygdala activation depended upon whether the emotion was up-regulated or down-regulated.

Question 24

The circumplex model of emotion is part of which broader approach to understanding emotion?
a.
Constructionist approach

b.
Categorical approach

c.
Dimensional approach

d.
Appraisal approach

Answer 24

c.
Dimensional approach

Question 25

Distress is thought represent the initial stage of which basic emotion?
a.
Fear

b.
Anger

c.
Disgust

d.
Sadness

Answer 25

d.
Sadness