PSYCH 101: Ch.9 Quiz

Which of the following physiological reactions is most likely to be a part of increased emotional arousal?

Decreased salivation

Cynthia smiles when her friend tells her a joke. She also smiles when her boss gives her criticism. Even though Cynthia might not actually be feeling happy, she knows the ________ rules of her work environment. In other words, she knows when emotions are appropriate to show.

Display

In a popular movie about the Mafia, the head of the family chastises one of his sons, Sonny, for letting other people know what he was thinking and feeling. "Never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking," the Mafia boss says to Sonny. From an emotions perspective, the father is speaking about _________.

Display rules

Ekman's studies of facial emotional communication imply that

Facial emotional communication in silent films will be perceived just as accurately in foreign films as in domestic films.

The effects that one's emotions have on other people refer to the ____ functions of emotions.

Interpersonal

The _____ functions of emotions refers to the roles that emotions play within each of us individually. They can include physical changes in our bodies or psychological changes in our minds.

Intrapersonal

Emotions have:

Physiological and cognitive elements.

All of the following are functions of emotions EXCEPT:

Rationalizing past behavior

Observing the emotions of others to determine how we should respond to a situation is known as social:

Referencing

What did Ekman find from his work with the Facial Action Coding System?

The majority of culturally-diverse participants matched the expression with the emotion.