DEP Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Functionalist approach to emotion - Answer-emphasizes that the broad function of emotions is to
energize behavior aimed at attaining personal goals
Functionalist approach to emotion - Answer-Emotions arise from ongoing exchanges between person
and the environment, in this view, emotions are central in all our endeavors: cognitive processing, social
behavior, and physical health
emotional-cognition relationship is evident - Answer-in the impact of anxiety on performance (test,
talent show, show &tell)
emotions and cognitive processing - Answer-leads to learning essential for survival (No, don't touch the
fire), don't have to experience to avoid danger
social behavior and emotions - Answer-Children's emotional signals powerfully affect the behavior of
others, whose emotional reactions in turn regulate children's social behavior
joint attention - Answer-with age, infants begin to initiate as well as respond to emotional expressions,
by the end of the first year babies become increasingly skilled at joint attention- following the caregiver's
line of regard
,Emotions and health - Answer-two childhood growth disorders resulting from emotional deprivation are
nonorganic failure to thrive and psychosocial dwarfism, persistent psychological stress is associated with
a variety of health difficulties from infancy to adulthood
Basic emotions - Answer-happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, love, disgust; these are
universal in humans and other primates and have along evolutionary history in promoting survival
four basic emotions most researched - Answer-happiness, anger, sadness, fear
Happiness - Answer-first early weeks-newborns smile when full, during REM sleep, and in response of
gentle touches and sounds,
happiness/6-10 weeks - Answer-develop social smile
happiness/3-4 months - Answer-laughter appears, middle of first year infants smile and laugh more
when interacting with familiar people
happiness/8-10 months - Answer-infants more often interrupt their lay with a toy to replay their delight
to an adult
happiness/10-12 months - Answer-have several types of smiles, end of first year- smile has become a
deliberate social signal
Anger and sadness - Answer-newborns-response with generalized distress to a variety of unpleasant
situations, 4-6 months to second year angry expressions increase in frequency and intensity, angry
reactions increase with age, reactions to sadness is a lot less common than anger
Fear - Answer-fear rises, during the second half of the first year into the second year
, social smile - Answer-a broad grin that a parent's communication evokes between 6-10 weeks
stranger anxiety - Answer-an infants most frequent expression of fear to unfamiliar adults, reaction
depends on temperament, past experience with strangers, and current situations, strangers style of
interaction can reduce the babies fear
Secure base - Answer-point an infant uses to explore from, they venture into the environment and then
return to this point for emotional support
self-conscious emotions - Answer-higher order set of feelings, including guilty shame, embarrassment,
envy, and pride; each involves injury to or enhancement for our sense of self
emotional self-regulation - Answer-the strategies we use to adjust our emotional state to a comfortable
level of intensity, so we can accomplish our goals, requires vocabulary, effortful management of
emotions
problem-centered coping - Answer-children appraise the situation as changeable, identify and difficulty,
and decided what to do about it
emotion-centered coping - Answer-internal private and aimed at controlling distress when little can be
done about an outcome
emotional display rules - Answer-specify when, where, and how it is appropriate to express emotions
Social referencing - Answer-relying on another person's emotional reaction to appraise an uncertain
situation, this allows toddlers to compare their own and others' assessments of events (toddlers move
beyond simply reacting to others emotional messages, they use those signals to evaluate the safety and
security of their surroundings, to guide their own actions and to gather info about others intentions and
preferences
Answers
Functionalist approach to emotion - Answer-emphasizes that the broad function of emotions is to
energize behavior aimed at attaining personal goals
Functionalist approach to emotion - Answer-Emotions arise from ongoing exchanges between person
and the environment, in this view, emotions are central in all our endeavors: cognitive processing, social
behavior, and physical health
emotional-cognition relationship is evident - Answer-in the impact of anxiety on performance (test,
talent show, show &tell)
emotions and cognitive processing - Answer-leads to learning essential for survival (No, don't touch the
fire), don't have to experience to avoid danger
social behavior and emotions - Answer-Children's emotional signals powerfully affect the behavior of
others, whose emotional reactions in turn regulate children's social behavior
joint attention - Answer-with age, infants begin to initiate as well as respond to emotional expressions,
by the end of the first year babies become increasingly skilled at joint attention- following the caregiver's
line of regard
,Emotions and health - Answer-two childhood growth disorders resulting from emotional deprivation are
nonorganic failure to thrive and psychosocial dwarfism, persistent psychological stress is associated with
a variety of health difficulties from infancy to adulthood
Basic emotions - Answer-happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, love, disgust; these are
universal in humans and other primates and have along evolutionary history in promoting survival
four basic emotions most researched - Answer-happiness, anger, sadness, fear
Happiness - Answer-first early weeks-newborns smile when full, during REM sleep, and in response of
gentle touches and sounds,
happiness/6-10 weeks - Answer-develop social smile
happiness/3-4 months - Answer-laughter appears, middle of first year infants smile and laugh more
when interacting with familiar people
happiness/8-10 months - Answer-infants more often interrupt their lay with a toy to replay their delight
to an adult
happiness/10-12 months - Answer-have several types of smiles, end of first year- smile has become a
deliberate social signal
Anger and sadness - Answer-newborns-response with generalized distress to a variety of unpleasant
situations, 4-6 months to second year angry expressions increase in frequency and intensity, angry
reactions increase with age, reactions to sadness is a lot less common than anger
Fear - Answer-fear rises, during the second half of the first year into the second year
, social smile - Answer-a broad grin that a parent's communication evokes between 6-10 weeks
stranger anxiety - Answer-an infants most frequent expression of fear to unfamiliar adults, reaction
depends on temperament, past experience with strangers, and current situations, strangers style of
interaction can reduce the babies fear
Secure base - Answer-point an infant uses to explore from, they venture into the environment and then
return to this point for emotional support
self-conscious emotions - Answer-higher order set of feelings, including guilty shame, embarrassment,
envy, and pride; each involves injury to or enhancement for our sense of self
emotional self-regulation - Answer-the strategies we use to adjust our emotional state to a comfortable
level of intensity, so we can accomplish our goals, requires vocabulary, effortful management of
emotions
problem-centered coping - Answer-children appraise the situation as changeable, identify and difficulty,
and decided what to do about it
emotion-centered coping - Answer-internal private and aimed at controlling distress when little can be
done about an outcome
emotional display rules - Answer-specify when, where, and how it is appropriate to express emotions
Social referencing - Answer-relying on another person's emotional reaction to appraise an uncertain
situation, this allows toddlers to compare their own and others' assessments of events (toddlers move
beyond simply reacting to others emotional messages, they use those signals to evaluate the safety and
security of their surroundings, to guide their own actions and to gather info about others intentions and
preferences
