How Are Emotions and Moods Different

question 10

Multiple Choice

How are emotions and moods different?

• A)Emotions are relatively enduring, whereas moods are short lived.
• B)Emotions have an identifiable cause, whereas moods do not.
• C)Emotions are specific feelings, whereas moods are more general.
• D)Emotions affect communication, but moods do not.

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Definitions:

Interpretivism

A research paradigm that emphasizes the understanding of social phenomena through the meanings that people assign to them.

Rationalism

The view that knowledge is best acquired by reason and factual analysis rather than faith or emotion.

Positivism

The idea that phenomena are governed by, and can be explained by, rules based on objective observation and generalizations from those observations.

Explanation

An attempt to account for the relationships observed among phenomena. A basic goal of communications research is to explain how and why communication phenomena occur.