Theories and Phenomena in Emotional Psychology Quiz

Test your knowledge on theories like Cannon-Bard, Opponent-Process, and phenomena like emotional contagion and hedonic treadmill.

#1

Which phenomenon suggests that people tend to experience and mimic the emotions they perceive in others?

Emotional Contagion
Emotional Intelligence
Emotion Regulation
Emotional Labor
#2

Which phenomenon involves the process of changing or regulating one's emotions to adapt to a particular situation?

Emotional Contagion
Emotional Intelligence
Emotion Regulation
Emotional Labor
#3

What term describes the tendency for individuals to experience a return to a baseline level of happiness despite major positive or negative events?

Adaptation Principle
Set Point Theory
Affective Forecasting
Hedonic Treadmill
#4

Who proposed the evolutionary theory of emotion, suggesting that emotions are adaptive responses shaped by natural selection?

William James
Charles Darwin
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
#5

What term refers to the tendency to prefer immediate rewards over larger but delayed rewards?

Temporal Discounting
Emotion Regulation
Cognitive Dissonance
Confirmation Bias
#6

Which theory suggests that emotions result from the cognitive appraisal of one's own physiological arousal?

James-Lange Theory
Cannon-Bard Theory
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory
Facial Feedback Hypothesis
#7

According to the Cannon-Bard Theory, what is the relationship between physiological arousal and emotional experience?

Physiological arousal leads to emotional experience simultaneously.
Physiological arousal precedes emotional experience.
Emotional experience leads to physiological arousal.
There is no relationship between physiological arousal and emotional experience.
#8

Who developed the theory of Emotional Intelligence, which emphasizes the importance of understanding and managing emotions?

Daniel Goleman
Howard Gardner
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson
#9

Which theory suggests that emotions are the result of physiological changes, rather than the cause of them?

James-Lange Theory
Cannon-Bard Theory
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory
Facial Feedback Hypothesis
#10

Which phenomenon describes the tendency for people to make judgments about the duration of future emotional events based on current emotional states?

Duration Neglect
Peak-End Rule
Affective Forecasting
Hedonic Treadmill
#11

Who proposed the Polyvagal Theory, which emphasizes the role of the vagus nerve in regulating emotional responses?

Robert Plutchik
Paul Ekman
Joseph LeDoux
Stephen Porges
#12

Which term refers to the tendency to overestimate the duration of emotional experiences?

Hedonic Treadmill
Affective Forecasting
Duration Neglect
Peak-End Rule
#13

According to the Opponent-Process Theory, what happens to emotional responses over time when exposed to a continuous stimulus?

They decrease in intensity.
They increase in intensity.
They remain constant.
They fluctuate randomly.
#14

Who introduced the concept of 'emotional labor,' which refers to the effort required to manage and display appropriate emotions in a professional setting?

Daniel Goleman
Arlie Hochschild
Robert Plutchik
Paul Ekman
#15

Which psychological phenomenon involves the tendency to remember and focus on the most intense emotional moments of an experience and the way it ended?

Duration Neglect
Peak-End Rule
Affective Forecasting
Hedonic Treadmill

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