Chapter 13: Positive Emotions
Chapter 13 Learning Objectives
- What positive emotions do researchers agree and disagree on?
- Do any of the positive emotions appear to be mixed emotions? Why?
- When experiencing a positive emotion, how do the emotion components change?
- According to Tong, which appraisals cause the experience of positive emotions? Do Tong’s findings provide support for universality or constructivism?
- Compare and contrast evidence for universality and socially constructed facial expressions and vocal changes of positive emotions.
- Do positive emotions activate the PNS, SNS, or both?
- Compare and contrast the dimensional model views of positive emotions.
- Explain the broaden-and-build theory and the research support for this theory.
- Compare and contrast the broaden-and-build theory with the malleable mood effects hypothesis.
- How are positive emotions associated with happiness? How can we increase happiness? Should we always be happy?
- What are the current problems with positive emotion research?
