introduction to emotion

Question 1

emotion

Answer 1

response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and, most importantly, (3) conscious experience resulting from one’s interpretations.

Question 2

James Lange theory

Answer 2

the theory that our experience of emotion occurs when we become aware of our physiological responses to an emotion-arousing stimulus.

Question 3

cannon bard theory

Answer 3

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

Question 4

two-factor theory

Answer 4

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

Question 5

polygraph

Answer 5

a machine used in attempts to detect lies; measures emotion-linked changes in perspiration, heart rate, and breathing