Flashcards in Chapter 13 - Vocabulary Deck (12)
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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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