Emotions Involve

Question: Emotions involve:

Answer: a subjective experience.

a behavioral or expressive response.

a physiological response.

Question: Emotion researchers today agree that:

Answer: there are a limited number of emotions experienced by all humans.

Question: Humans broadcast their emotions with extreme subtlety, which is:

Answer: only matched by the skill we have in decoding them.

Question: self-report

Answer: A method in which a person provides subjective information about their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors, typically via questionnaire or interview.

Question: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Answer: A well-researched, clinical questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems.

Question: projective tests

Answer: Tests designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals’ personalities by analysis of their responses to a standard series of ambiguous stimuli.

Question: Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer: A projective technique in which respondents’ inner thoughts and feelings are believed to be revealed by analysis of their responses to a set of unstructured inkblots.

Question: Thematic Apperception Test (TAT):

Answer: A projective technique in which respondents’ underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world are believed to be revealed through analysis of the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people.

Question: trait

Answer: A relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way.

Question: Big Five

Answer: The traits of the five-factor model: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.