Eric tends to have higher emotional highs than most people and lower emotional lows. He is probably high in
A. emotional affectivity.
B. affect intensity.
C. emotional expressiveness.
D. positive and negative affect.
Question 2Darlene's emotions are easy to read: she smiles broadly when happy and looks down when sad. Researchers would say that Darlene is high in
A. emotional affectivity.
B. affect intensity.
C. emotional expressiveness.
D. positive and negative affect.
Question 3Researchers find that people high in negative affect also tend to have a higher number of health complaints. This is probably because
A. they have more health problems than most people.
B. they complain more than most people.
C. they have more health problems and they complain more than most people.
D. they are low in positive affect.
Question 4Researchers studying positive and negative affect sometimes disagree on whether
A. positive and negative affect are related dimensions of emotion.
B. men or women are higher in positive affect.
C. we can identify relatively stable levels of affect.
D. positive affect is related to social behavior.
Question 5Among the conclusions we can draw from research on emotional affectivity, which of the following has been clearly demonstrated?
A. People with positive affect report more health problems.
B. Negative affect is related to psychological stress.
C. Negative affect is related to social activity.
D. all of the above
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