Emotion Basics
True or False:
It is better to use vague terms when describing an emotion.
False
Precise distinctions—such as guilt, embarrassment, and anxiety can help provide clarity that helps you identify the right response.
What is The interactive process where an individual supports another person in regulating emotions?
Co-Regulation
True or False:
Co-Regulation is rooted in neuroscience.
True
True or False:
Co‑regulation reduces stress biomarkers
True
What famous country singer once lost in her own “look-alike” contest?
Dolly Parton
What component of emotions would muscle tension fall under?
Physiological Response
What is the ability to manage your own thoughts and feelings to guide goal-directed actions called?
Self-Regulation
True or False:
Co-Regulation is an entirely emotional and cognitive process.
False
It operates at both biological (hormonal, nervous system) and behavioral (affective, cognitive) levels.
True or False:
Co-Regulation is necessary for infants to learn to self-regulate.
True
What is the main ingredient in white chocolate?
Cocoa Butter
What are some reasons that emotions evolved?
They evolved to help humans respond quickly to threats and opportunities, guiding survival, decision-making, creativity, and social connection.
What are the 2 main forms of emotion regulation?
Self-Regulation
Co-Regulation
What hormone dampens the amygdala’s stress response, reducing cortisol and promoting calm, through co-regulation?
Oxytocin
True or False:
Infants can regulate their own nervous systems from birth.
False
In early life, infants cannot regulate their own nervous systems until the prefrontal cortex matures (often into mid‑twenties).
What fiction author outsold the Bible in 2022?
Colleen Hoover
What are the 3 core components of emotion?
Subjective feeling
Biological Response
Behavioral Expression
What is Emotion Regulation?
Emotional regulation is the ability to manage emotions effectively, whether pleasant or unpleasant, so they don’t become overwhelming.
What is Neural Attunement?
Synchronized brain activity between individuals during social interactions, often measured through inter‑brain brainwave synchrony.
What is one situation where knowing about co-regulation can be helpful?
Parenting
Therapy
Community-Building
How many humps does a dromedary camel have?
One
What is Emotional Granularity?
Instead of labeling emotions with vague terms like “bad,” emotional granularity means making precise distinctions—such as guilt, embarrassment, and anxiety in a single situation.
Which type of emotion regulation takes time to develop?
Self-Regulation
What is meant by mirror neuron activation?
Brain systems that mirror another’s actions and emotions, facilitating empathy and shared experience.
Around what age does the prefrontal cortex mature allowing for self regulation of the nervous system?
Mid- 20s
What word do scientists use to describe a unit of measure that is also the name of an animal?
mol(e)