Chapter 13 Vocab Flashcards
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James-Lange Theory
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.
Emotions
A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
Cannon-Bard Theory
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.
Schachter-Singer Two-factor Theory
Schachter-Singer’s theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.
Spillover Effect
Occurs when our arousal from one event influences our response to other events.
Polygraph
A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes).
Paul Eckman
A famous psychologist that studied emotional responses in our face.
Catharsis
Emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.
Feel-good, Do-good Phenomenon
People’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
Subjective Well-being
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people’s quality of life.
Adaptation-level Phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
Relative Deprivation
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
