Exam Preview for 1026: Repressive Coping, Trauma, and Behavioral Ch

Repressive Coping, Trauma, and Behavioral Change

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1. Which of the following best represents the emotional regulation strategy cognitive therapy teaches? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
2. Josiah is an art history major in his sophomore year. He knows that when he goes home for spring break his parents are going to start a confrontation with him and try to make him feel like he is wasting his life. As a solution, he realizes that they won’t start anything in front of a guest, and so he decides to bring his girlfriend Candice to meet them for the first time. Which letter in the figure best represents the emotional regulation strategy that Josiah is relying on? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
3. Which letter in the figure best represents the emotional regulation strategy upon which Repressors exhibit a heavy reliance? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
4. Which of the following is the first type of emotional regulation strategy to appear in development? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
5. Trae is an adult man in his 40s married to his high-school sweetheart. One day, she confessed to having an affair. Trae is overwhelmed with emotion. He is furious and hurt, and so he goes and gets drunk. What emotional regulation strategy is he relying on? Situation selection/modification strategies Distraction Reappraisal Response modification strategies
6. Which of the following best describes a repressor's ability to better cope following exposure to a severe emotional trauma? Having fewer symptoms of psychopathology Having more supportive social contact Their close friends rate them as more resentful They exhibit narcissism
7. An attempt to change the intensity or valance of an emotional response is referred to as a __________. An unconscious attempt to change intensity or valance of an emotional response is a __________. Emotional regulation strategy; Defense mechanism Emotional regulation strategy; repression strategy Attention deployment strategy; cognitive reappraisal Emotional control; cognitive control
8. Research finds that _______ does not work as a method for reducing anger. In fact, it actually increases the amount of anger felt. Repression Reaction Formation Catharsis Rumination
9. Which law of emotion is best described as the fact that negative emotions are stronger and felt longer? Law of the lightest load The principle of Hedonic Asymmetry Law of neglected affect The principle of clarity
10. Which law of emotion does the following represent? “Whenever a situation can be viewed in alternative ways, a tendency exists to view it in a way that minimizes negative emotional load.” The principle of Hedonic Asymmetry Law of the lightest load Law of neglected affect The principle of clarity
11. Which of the following is true? Repression takes longer to retrieve negative childhood memories—but not positive memories Suppression is a defense mechanism Emotional regulation is only used on emotions with a negative valance. The best way to regulate your negative emotions is to feel and express them. Avoiding your emotions just leads to them growing more intense over time.
12. According to Byrne (1961) the opposite of repression is _____. Non-repression High anxiety Narcissism Sensitization
13. Repressors exhibit a characteristic pattern of _____ defensiveness and _____ self-reported anxiety. High; low High; high Low; high Low; low
14. What proportion of the population do repressors represent? 0-10% 10-20% 20-30% More than 40%
15. If a repressor has been exposed to severe emotional trauma, which of the following best describes their ability to cope? They have fewer symptoms of psychopathology They have more supportive social contact Their close friends rate them as more resentful They exhibit narcissism
16. In lecture, we talked about a study that examined how people who are high in suppression reacted to high stress times in their life. What was the overall conclusion? Suppression leads to higher rumination and depression during times of high stress, but not low stress. Suppression is the opposite of depression Suppression increases rumination but decreases depression Suppression leads to higher rumination and depression during times of both low and high stress.
17. The theory that explains how repressors handle negative emotions is called: The ironic avoidance hypothesis. The repression hypothesis. The vigilance-avoidance hypothesis. The ironic process theory.
18. Which of the following is an example of a situation that requires active coping? An individual coping with negative emotions caused by their drinking problem. An individual coping with negative emotions caused by sexual trauma An individual coping with negative emotions caused by bereavement An individual coping with negative emotions caused by a terminal diagnosis
19. Which of the following attachment styles is most highly correlated with being a repressor later on? Anxious-Avoidant Anxious-Ambivalent Anxious-Repressive Secure
20. Which of the following best describes the Affect as Information model? A model that suggests affective states have minimal impact on cognitive processes. A framework that focuses on the influence of personality traits on emotional experiences. A hypothesis proposing that affective states serve as a secondary source of information in social interactions. A theory that argues that emotion serves as information about goal proximity