Cognitive-Affective Bases Flashcards

Which cognitive distortion involves drawing broad conclusions from a single negative event?

Answer: Overgeneralization

Overgeneralization involves applying one negative experience as a universal pattern of defeat.

The concept of 'affect-as-information' suggests that people use their current mood to:

Answer: Make judgments about the quality of their decisions

Affect-as-information theory holds that people consult their feelings as data when making evaluative judgments.

In Bandura's social cognitive theory, self-efficacy beliefs most directly influence which of the following?

Answer: Choice of activities and persistence

Self-efficacy determines which activities people choose to engage in and how long they persist when facing obstacles.

Emotion regulation strategy known as cognitive reappraisal differs from suppression primarily in that reappraisal:

Answer: Changes the meaning of a situation before emotional response peaks

Reappraisal is an antecedent-focused strategy that alters meaning before the emotional response is fully generated, unlike response-focused suppression.

The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (Fredrickson) proposes that positive emotions:

Answer: Broaden thought-action repertoires and build lasting resources

Fredrickson's theory argues that positive emotions widen the scope of attention and cognition, accumulating durable physical, psychological, and social resources over time.

Working memory capacity is most closely associated with which executive function?

Answer: Controlled attention and inhibition

Working memory capacity is fundamentally tied to the ability to control attention and inhibit task-irrelevant information.

According to appraisal theories of emotion, the primary dimension that distinguishes fear from anger is the appraisal of:

Answer: Agency or accountability for the threat

Fear involves appraising a threat as caused by situational or unknown factors, while anger arises when another agent is seen as responsible.