COMM 451 EXAM 39 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER The word "emotion" shares Latin roots with which
of the following terms?
Perception, feeling, thought - CORRECT ANSWER The emotion cascade
Social cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER Judgments, evaluations, thoughts, and
culture are key components of which approach to emotion?
Emotion - CORRECT ANSWER This is the body's response to any event that
enhances or inhibits its goals.
Appraisal of the reaction as a specific emotion is required - CORRECT ANSWER
Regarding the conscious experience of emotion, which of the following
statements is true?
Surprise, disgust, joy, anger, fear, sadness - CORRECT ANSWER Ekman argues that
humans display six basic emotions
Self-protection - CORRECT ANSWER Many emotions have specific action
tendencies. When Mario feels surprised, which action tendency is activated?
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER Darwin claimed that phylogeny is driven by
which process?
, Change over time in the characteristics of an individual organism - CORRECT
ANSWER Ontogeny is best defined as what?
Operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER This is best defined as "the tool we use
to measure something."
Measures cannot be valid unless they are also reliable - CORRECT ANSWER
Regarding the relationship between reliability and validity, which of the following
statements is true?
Degree of agreement with the statement "I love my romantic partner very much" -
CORRECT ANSWER Maria knows that to measure romantic love, she can assess
either subjective perceptions or objective indicators. Which of the following is an
example of a subjective perception?
"Your wife cares enough about you to make sure you're healthy" - CORRECT
ANSWER In therapy, Ron claims that "My wife is obsessed with making sure I go to
the dentist every four months like clockwork. She's crazy!" Which of the following
responses from his therapist would constitute a reframing of Ron's claim?
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER This is the act or process of acquiring knowledge,
including perception, intuition, and reasoning.
Piloerection - CORRECT ANSWER Lee's hair stands on end when she gets scared.
This is an example of which physiological response?
ANSWERS
Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER The word "emotion" shares Latin roots with which
of the following terms?
Perception, feeling, thought - CORRECT ANSWER The emotion cascade
Social cognitive - CORRECT ANSWER Judgments, evaluations, thoughts, and
culture are key components of which approach to emotion?
Emotion - CORRECT ANSWER This is the body's response to any event that
enhances or inhibits its goals.
Appraisal of the reaction as a specific emotion is required - CORRECT ANSWER
Regarding the conscious experience of emotion, which of the following
statements is true?
Surprise, disgust, joy, anger, fear, sadness - CORRECT ANSWER Ekman argues that
humans display six basic emotions
Self-protection - CORRECT ANSWER Many emotions have specific action
tendencies. When Mario feels surprised, which action tendency is activated?
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWER Darwin claimed that phylogeny is driven by
which process?
, Change over time in the characteristics of an individual organism - CORRECT
ANSWER Ontogeny is best defined as what?
Operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER This is best defined as "the tool we use
to measure something."
Measures cannot be valid unless they are also reliable - CORRECT ANSWER
Regarding the relationship between reliability and validity, which of the following
statements is true?
Degree of agreement with the statement "I love my romantic partner very much" -
CORRECT ANSWER Maria knows that to measure romantic love, she can assess
either subjective perceptions or objective indicators. Which of the following is an
example of a subjective perception?
"Your wife cares enough about you to make sure you're healthy" - CORRECT
ANSWER In therapy, Ron claims that "My wife is obsessed with making sure I go to
the dentist every four months like clockwork. She's crazy!" Which of the following
responses from his therapist would constitute a reframing of Ron's claim?
Cognition - CORRECT ANSWER This is the act or process of acquiring knowledge,
including perception, intuition, and reasoning.
Piloerection - CORRECT ANSWER Lee's hair stands on end when she gets scared.
This is an example of which physiological response?
