Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Define: emotion
arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisal, subjective feelings and tendencies toward action
Define: primary emotion
universal and biological based emotion
Define: secondary emotion
emotions specific to culture
What’s the difference between emotion and mood?
Moods are more intense and emotions don’t last as long
Define: affect
refers to the broad domain of feeling
What are the basic emotions defined by Eckman?
anger, happiness, sadness, danger, contempt, fear, surprise, and disgust
What do emotions help us with?
surviving, remembering people and situations, coping, communicating, avoiding pain and seeking pleasure
A “full smile” is known as a _______
Duchenne smile
A full smile includes movement of around the _____, and _____
mouth and eyes
The facial feedback hypothesis states…
that facial muscles send messages back to the brain about basic emotions
Define: mirror neurons
brain cells that help you learn from watching others do things
What are mirror neurons involved in?
empathy, imitation and reading emotion
Define: empathy
to sense the hurt or pleasure of another as one senses it
Spreading emotion from one person to another is known as…
mood contagion
Define: display rules
social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person can express or suppress emotion
Define: emotions work
expressing an emotion you don’t really feel
Define: worry
thoughts usually perceived as uncontrollable, negative, and reflecting fear
Define: coping
efforts to reduce stress
Proactive coping is having..
up-front efforts to ward off a stressful event
Define: problem-focus coping
aim to alter stressful situations
Define: emotion-focused coping
aim to reduce the distress of a stressful situation
Mindfulness is…
the ability to be aware of your thoughts, emotions, physical sensations and actions
When you are mindful, you likely ______ and ______
focus on one thing at a time and seperate judgement from experience
Define: wise mind
managing your influence on emotion; the balance of reason and emotion