Chapter 13 - Vocabulary Flashcards by Doug Svoboda | Brainscape

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Emotion

A response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.

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James-Lange Theory

Proposed that physiological activity precedes the emotional experience.

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Cannon-Bard Theory

An emotional triggering stimulus and the body's arousal take place simultaneously.

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Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory

Suggests our physiology and cognitions create emotions. One must be physically aroused and then cognitively label the arousal.

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Spillover Effect

An arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event.

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Polygraph

A machine, commonly used to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.

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Paul Ekman

Defined expressions as one of 46 Action Units. Studied microexpressions. Had 50 years of dedicated research.

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Catharsis

Emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges.

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Feel-good, Do-good Phenomenon

People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.

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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.

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Adaptation-Level Phenomenon

Our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our experience.

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Relative Depreivation

The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.