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the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli

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James-Lange Theory

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the theory that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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the theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal

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Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory

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when one’s arousal response to one event spills over into their response to the next event

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spillover effect

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a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration, cardiovascular, and breathing changes)

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polygraph

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proposes that expressions amplify our emotions by activating muscles associated with specific states; for examples, if one moves their body as if they were experiencing some emotion, they are likely to feel that emotion to some degree

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facial feedback hypothesis

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by teaching researches to watch for telltale signs of lying, he helped them boost accuracy rates; example, rise in voice pitch

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Paul Ekman

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emotional release; hypothesis maintains that releasing aggressive energy relives aggressive urges

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catharsis

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people’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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feel-good, do-good phenomenon

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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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subjective well-being

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our tendency to form judgements (sounds, lights, income) relative to a neutral level defined by out prior experience

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adaption-level phenomenon

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

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relative deprivation

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a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience

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emotion