Expresses Your Emotions Chapter 2-3

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

Is a reaction to a situation that has involves your mind, body, and behavior

Question 2

Primary emotions

Answer 2

Are emotions that are expressed by people in all cultures (examples: happiness, sadness, anger, fear)

Question 3

Grief

Answer 3

A period of deep sorrow

Question 4

Happiness

Answer 4

Is a normal response to pleasant events in one’s life

Question 5

Sadness

Answer 5

Is a normal response to disappointing events in your life

Question 6

Anger

Answer 6

Is a normal response to feeling frustrated or helpless

Question 7

Fear

Answer 7

Is the emotion you feel when you recognize a threat to your safety or security

Question 8

Learned emotions (social emotions)

Answer 8

Some emotions that are not expressed in the same way by all people (example: love, guilt, and shame)

Question 9

Love

Answer 9

Deep feelings of affection and concern

Question 10

Guilt

Answer 10

When you do something wrong and you feel bad about it

Question 11

Shame

Answer 11

Focuses on the person rather than the action

Question 12

Coping strategy

Answer 12

Is a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation

Question 13

Defense mechanisms

Answer 13

Are coping strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings

Question 14

Common defense mechanisms

Answer 14

• denial
• compensation
• rationalization
• reaction formation
• projection
• regression

Question 15

Denial

Answer 15

Refusing to recognize an emotion or problem

Question 16

Compensation

Answer 16

Making up for a weakness in one area by excelling in another area

Question 17

Rationalization

Answer 17

Making excuses for actions or feelings

Question 18

Reaction formation

Answer 18

Behaving in a way opposite to the way you feel

Question 19

Projection

Answer 19

Putting your own faults onto another person

Question 20

Regression

Answer 20

Returning to immature behaviors to express emotions