Emotions

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Plutchik believes we are born with the ability to express primary emotions.
• Plutchik believes that primary emotions are the same for everyone.
• Plutchik believes that secondary emotions are not universal.
• Plutchik believes that secondary emotions are the same for everyone.

An indifference reaction can occur when

• the motor area of the right hemisphere is damaged.
• The sensory area of the left hemisphere is damaged.
• the motor area of the left hemisphere is damaged
• The sensory area of the right hemisphere is damaged.

The _______________________ of the brain is involved in recognising emotional situations.

• occipital lobe
• temporal lobe
• right hemisphere
• left hemisphere

According to Putchik's model there are ___________ primary emotions.

• six
• eight
• five
• seven

The basic components of an emotion are:

• expressive behaviours, physiological arousal and subjective experience.
• physical gestures, facial expressions and cognitive labelling.
• expressive behaviours, cognitive labelling and physiological arousal
• sympathetic arousal, parasympathetic inhibition and cognitive labelling.

Plutchik’s emotions wheel

• proposes that interpreting both the emotion-causing event and bodily changes are central to the emotion experienced
• describes primary human emotions as consisting of four pairs of opposites (e.g., sadness and joy).
• proposes that bodily changes and behavioural reactions come before emotions.
• proposes that knowledge of facial expression determines emotions

The physiological component of emotion is closely associated with the

• autonomic nervous system.
• central nervous system.
• skeletal or somatic nervous system
• brain stem functions

During an emotional state, which of the following would indicate physiological arousal?

•   a sense of fear
• perception of the event as dangerous
• screaming
• an increase in blood pressure

According to Plutchik’s emotion wheel, when two primary emotions are merged or mixed __________________ emotions are formed.

• tertiary
• opposing
• secondary
• opposite

Three of the primary emotions that appear on Plutchik’s wheel are

• joy, trust, love
• disgust, anger, sadness
• anticipation, optimism, surprise
• trust, awe, anger