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The negative emotion schadenfreude, a German word that, loosely translated, means to take pleasure in another's misfortune is a polar opposite of the positive emotion _____.empathy excitement calmness contentment astonishment
Schadenfreude blends two emotions, namely:damage and joy love and hate. empathy and sympathy. excitement and delight. calm and aggression.
The process of transferring emotions from one person to another is known as _________
Emotion felt about experiencing an emotion is known as ________
Verbally taking responsibility for one's own thoughts and feelings is known as _________.
_____ are graphical emoticons used to express emotion.Emoji's Emotional effects Emotional spectrums Gestures Contagions
_____ relate to how emotional experience impacts communication behavior. Emotion labors Emotional contagions Emotional valencies Emotional effects Emotional communications
Which of the following is an example of a negative emotion? SleepinessGuilt Contentment Calmness Indecision
Suspending one's own responses while paying attention so one can concentrate on what another person is saying is known as _________
An example of the complexity involved in classifying emotional expression as constructive or destructive can be seen in the communication of _____.forgivenessschadenfreude empathy calmness contentment
Which of the following is true of dualism?It creates the problem of polarization. It encourages people to think about more than three possibilities for any situation. It is an emotion felt about experiencing an emotion. It is an example of an emotional blend. It is socially unacceptable behavior.
Which of the following is an example of an emotional experience?Sheila, a school topper, feels anxious about her exam results Liza, a beautician, tries to evade her ex-boyfriend, who was stalking her.Robert yells at his wife, Erin. Jane tells Joan how she felt about being engaged to Charles. Joe uses strategic embarrassment to make his friend Jack connect with Jack's crush, Zora
_____ is the critical internal structure that orients people to, and engages them with, what matters in their lives—t heir feelings about themselves and others.Emotion Assimilation Culture Proficiency Contagion
As advocates of the biological theory of emotion believe that emotions are similar across many types of people, they propose that people: should understand that the meaning behind observable emotional expressions are crucial. have emotions that vary drastically across cultures and time have their emotions disconnected from instinct and energy. from a variety of cultures should experience feelings in the same manner. should have emotions based entirely on their social interactions with other people
The cultural norms used to create and react to emotional expressions are known as
What is the design and implications of precueing experiments? (See Posner et al. 1978)
Are we humans able to perceive all visible motions?
How have point-light walkers been used to provide evidence for an area of the brain that selectively responds to biological motions?
What cognitive factors are at play in terms of where we direct our attention?
Who developed the idea of unconscious inference?