AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Furthermore, older adults experienced more intensely negative emotions than young adults, especially in response to disgust and fear clips. They also reported higher arousal than young adults, especially in the case of sadness, anger and tenderness clips.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the advantages of getting old is feeling better. Older people generally experience more positive and less negative emotions than younger people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Negative emotions also most likely aid in our survival. Bad feelings can be vital clues that a health issue, relationship or other important matter needs attention, Adler points out. The survival value of negative thoughts and emotions may help explain why suppressing them is so fruitless.

Detailed explanation-4: -The aging-brain model predicts that age-related amygdala decline reduces amygdala responsivity to emotionally arousing stimuli. In contrast, the cognitive-control model predicts that prefrontal emotion regulation processes diminish amygdala responses to negative but not positive stimuli.