CH. 10 Emotions
Because Mariana, a Brazilian woman, had a terrible morning, she was very angry when she got to work at the office. As a result, her facial expression greatly resembled the basic anger expression. She walked by two coworkers on her way to her desk: Felipe (who is Brazilian) and Satoru (who is Japanese). Which of the following is most likely to occur?
Felipe is more likely than Satoru to recognize that Mariana is angry.
Shawn displays something that can be characterized as being a ritualized display of excitement. What does this imply?
People from other cultures likely cannot recognize that he is excited.
Joon-ha, a Korean child, is trying to facially express that he is upset. Which of the following people would be best at identifying that Joon-ha is upset?
Person D, who is Korean
Don is from an individualistic culture, and Juan is from a collectivistic culture. According to a study by Suh and colleagues on the relationship between life satisfaction and positive affect, which of the following scenarios regarding subjective well-being is to be expected?
Experiencing more positive affect makes Don happier than it makes Juan.
The tendency for Indians to sometimes bite their tongues—an expression not recognized elsewhere—reflects...
a ritualized display.
What can the basic emotions best be characterized as?
at least functional universals
Which of the following is NOT one of Ekman's basic emotions?
pride
Mototeru is a Japanese teenager who reports feeling very positive emotions. According to research by Kitayama and colleagues on emotions associated with happiness, what other emotions is Mototeru likely experiencing for him to feel such positive emotions?
shame
Different languages from around the world...
sometimes do not have emotion words that correspond with each of the basic emotions.
Which of the following situations would predict greater subjective well-being for Alex, who is from a collectivistic culture?
Alex abides by his culture's norms.
Based on research about the different roles and functions of happiness across cultures, how can one categorize the assumption that people necessarily want to be happy?
It is an existential universal.
Two friends from two collectivistic cultures, Jorge (Latin American) and Sayako (Japanese), are visiting club booths at school to decide what clubs to join. Based on research regarding preferences for emotions, which of the following scenarios is likeliest to happen?
Jorge will choose a choir club that features a lot of energetic and exciting music, and Sayako will choose a Buddhist reading club that features a lot of calming books.
Based on Kitayama and colleagues' study of emotions among Japanese and Americans, one would expect that, between Jun, who's Japanese, and Jerry, who's American...
Jun would feel more shame than Jerry.
As an American exchange student in Japan, Michael is trying to understand the cultural differences that he is noticing. In particular, he finds that his new Japanese friend, Michiru, has very different emotional experiences than his European-American friends back home. Based on research regarding cultural differences in emotional experiences, which of the following is the likeliest difference for him to notice?
Michiru feels better than his European-American friends when he is experiencing respect.
An expression that is considered a ritualized display is best categorized as a(n)...
NONUNIVERSAL
Comparisons of Surinamese and Turkish immigrants to Holland with mainstream Dutch citizens of Holland reveal that...
Surinamese and Turkish immigrants expressed more relational concerns than Dutch citizens.
A classroom is full of European-Canadians and Chinese-Canadians, and they are all watching a movie that is intended to induce a lot of anger. According to research on cultural differences in anger responses, one would expect...
differences in the rate at which their physiological responses will return to baseline.
Research reveals that, in contrast to Westerners, the most desired kinds of emotional states among East Asians are...
low arousal positive states.
The relation between money and happiness is that...
money is positively related to happiness at very low levels of wealth but becomes less related in developed countries.
Mike is an Asian-Canadian who just got shoved in the mall by another person. Compared to a European-Canadian who experiences the same thing, Mike is...
more likely to dampen his physiological response to this event.
Kartika abides by the idea that people should have emotional "smoothness." This means that she...
tries to not have strong displays of emotions.