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Emotional topics in personality
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Multiple Choice Quiz



1

The fight or flight component of fear is best described by the term
A)subjective feelings.
B)bodily changes.
C)action tendencies.
D)explanatory style.
2

Most lists of primary emotions include _____ emotions.
A)around 6
B)around 15
C)around 30
D)around 100
3

Affect intensity is an example of individual differences in the _____ of emotional experience.
A)style
B)action tendencies
C)content
D)categories
4

Which of the following is the best predictor of happiness?
A)gender
B)ethnicity
C)age
D)personality
5

The trait of _____ has been associated with greater threat monitoring.
A)extraversion
B)neuroticism
C)Type A personality
D)all of the above
6

In order to treat depression, Beck would focus on
A)a person's negative emotions.
B)creating self-fulfilling prophesies.
C)challenging a person's cognitive distortions.
D)changing components of the cognitive triad.
7

Type A personality has been assessed with
A)interviews that intentionally frustrate a person.
B)the emotional Stroop test.
C)the affect intensity measure.
D)all of the above.
8

_____ tend to exaggerate how good and bad events are compared to objective raters.
A)People who score high on hostility
B)People who score low on affect intensity
C)People who score high on affect intensity
D)People with Type A personality