Modules 35-39 (Lecture 10) Flashcards
Emotion
A response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and most importantly, conscious experience resulting from one’s interpretations
James-Lange Theory
The theory that our experience of emotion occurs when we become aware of our physiological responses to an emotion-arousing stimulus.
Cannon-Bard Theory
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
Two-factor Theory
The Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal.
Facial Feedback Effect
The tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness.
Behavior Feedback Effect
The tendency of behavior to influence our own and others’ thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Catharsis
In psychology, the idea that “releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.
Feel-good, do-good Phenomenon
People’s tendency to be helpful when in a good mood
Positive Psychology
The scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that helps individuals and communities to thrive
Subjective well-being
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life.
Adaptation-level phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgements )of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experiences.
Relative Deprivation
The perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves.
Stress
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
Approach and Avoidance Motives
The drive to move toward (approach) or away from (avoid) a stimulus
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases– Alarm, resistance, and Exhaustion
Tend-and-Befriend response
Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend)
Health Psychology
A subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine
Psychoneuroimmunology
The study of how psychological neural, and endocrine processes together affect our immune system and resulting health.
Coronary Heart Disease
The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; a leading cause of death in many developed countries.
Type A
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people
Type B
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people
Coping
Alleviating stress using emotional cognitive or behavioral methods
Problem-Focused Coping
Attempting to alleviate stress directly– by changing that stressor or the wat we interact with that stressor
Emotion-Focused Coping
Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction
