Jane Hastings recently joined her first job as a communication executive and is working on creating press releases for an upcoming campaign. The campaign is getting launched publicly in the next week and Hastings will need to interact with the media and give sound bites on the issue. This is the first time she will be interacting with the press and she is experiencing emotions of anxiousness, nervousness, and stress. Which of the following mood dimensions is she experiencing? a. low negative affectb. high positive affectc. low positive affectd. high negative affecte. neutral affect

d. high negative affect

Explanation:

Negative affectivity is a wide trait of personality, referring to the stable inclination to suffer negative emotions.

People high in Negative affectivity are much more reluctant to experience negative levels of affective mood over time and irrespective of circumstance.

Same with Jane, she started her new job but experiences emotions of negativity because of the campaign.

They often report further dissociative symptoms and focus on negative stimulation or possibly dangerous situations.

D) high negative affect

Explanation:

Negative affect (or affectivity) refers to feeling negative emotions about a certain experience and a very low self-concept of how you are dealing with this negative or bad experience.

When you suffer from negative affectivity, you are viewing yourself in a very negative way and that doesn't necessarily match the way other people are seeing you. You have a low self-esteem and that doesn't mean that the rest of the people think the same way, that is why it refers to a negative feeling, not a negative state.

In this case, Jane believes that she cannot do her work properly, but that doesn't mean it is true, it just reflects her feelings. It would be different if she indeed would perform poorly.