emotion & affect Flashcards
(15 cards)
automatic affect
liking/disliking or good/bad feelings towards something they can occur outside of consciousness
james-lange theory of emotion
the bodily processes of emotion come first, then the mind’s perception of those reactions creates the feeling of emotion
facial feedback hypothesis
facial expressions can cause or magnify emotions
schachter-singer theory of emotion
emotion has 2 components- physiological arousal (the same for all emotions) and the cognitive label
excitation transfer
if you drink caffeine and then get frustrated, you’ll get more mad bc of the extra arousal
affect balance
the frequency of positive emotions minus the frequency of negative emotions
hedonic treadmill
when you have a big success in life and then your happiness goes back to how it was before
catharsis theory
expressing anger produces a healthy release of emotion, so it’s good for the psyche
guilt vs shame
guilt is when you feel you acted badly, shame is when you think badly about yourself as a person
affect-as-information hypothesis
ppl judge things as good or bad based on how they feel about it
risk-as-feeling hypothesis
people react to risky situations based on how bad the worst outcome is and how likely it is to occur
affective forecasting
the ability to predict your emotional reactions to future events
broaden-and-build theory
positive emotions prepare you for later hard times
yerkes-dodson law
some arousal is better then none, but too much can hurt performance
