MFT – Psychology- 523 QUESTIONS- WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Emotion Defintion Problem correct answer: There is not one. - It is too hard to define because of the broad range of skills Emotion correct answer: A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which an individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event. Emotions are mixed with... correct answer: bodily arousal (heart starts racing) expressive behavior (You start to run) conscious experience ("I'm running because they are chasing me) feelings (Fear, afraid) Emotion Distinction correct answer: It is different from mood, feelings, and affect. Feelings correct answer: The subjective experience associated with emotion. Mood correct answer: An emotional state that is general and expanded over period of time. Affect correct answer: Encompasses feelings and moss and categories of emotions (Positive or negative Affect) Emotions Involve... correct answer: Expressive Displays Physiological Responses Cognitive Appraisals Action Tendency correct answer: motivation to behave in certain ways Emotions Influence... correct answer: Memory, reasoning, problem-solving, attention, perception. Emotions and Reinforcement correct answer: Emotions reinforce and shape our behaviors Emotions Regulate... correct answer: Social Interaction Emotions allow us to... correct answer: Empathize with Others Communicate Nonverbally Respond to our Environment Three Functions of Emotion correct answer: Intrapersonal Interpersonal Social/Communal Intrapersonal Function of Emotion correct answer: Describes the roles that emotions play within each of us individually. Interpersonal Function of Emotion correct answer: Describes the meanings of emotions in our relationships with others. Social/Cultural Function of Emotion correct answer: Describes the roles and meanings that emotions have regarding the maintenance of social order within a society. Physiological Theories of Emotion correct answer: Emotions are the result of physical changes in the body. Neurological Theories of Emotion correct answer: Propose that activity within the brain leads to emotional responses Cognitive Theories of Emotion correct answer: Argue that thoughts and other mental activity play an essential ole in forming emotions James-Lange Theory of Emotion correct answer: theory in which a physiological reaction leads to the labeling of an emotion; Physiological Theory The physiological response leads to emotion Physiological is first; Emotion is second Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion correct answer: Stimulating events trigger feelings and physical reactions that occur at the same time. Physiological and emotion are at the same time. Schachter-Singer Theory of Emotion: correct answer: we determine our emotion based on our physiological arousal, then label that emotion according to our explanation for that arousal (Cognitive Theory) Cognitive Appraisal Theory correct answer: theory of emotion which theorizes that individuals decide on an appropriate emotion following the event Stimulus -> thought about emotion -> physiological response and emotion Thought comes first, Physiological comes second. Richard Lazarus correct answer: developed the cognitive appraisal theory Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion correct answer: Facial movement influences ones emotional experience (If you smile, you'll be happier) James and Darwin helped birth this idea Evolutionary Theory of Emotion correct answer