Expressing Emotions

A reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior.

• behavior

• emotion

• personality trait

• heredity

Emotions that are expressed by people in all cultures.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Simple

• Complex

Which of the following is NOT a primary emotion?

• happiness

• anger

• love

• sadness

A period of prolonged sadness, or deep sorrow

• rage

• joy

• grief

• fright

Emotions that are not expressed in the same by everyone, also called social emotions.

• primary emotions

• inherited emotions

• universal emotions

• learned emotions

_________ your emotions is the important first step toward

dealing with them in healthful ways.

• researching

• avoiding

• recognizing

• denying

A way of dealing with an

uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.

• coping strategy

• avoidance strategy

• co dependence

• productivity

Coping strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings.

• positivity

• avoidance strategy

• Defense mechanisms

• productivity

With this defense mechanism you refuse to recognize an emotion or problem.

• compensation

• reaction formation

• projection

• denial

Making up excuses for actions or feelings

• compensation

• rationalization

• projection

• denial