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a conscious evaluative reaction to some event
EMOTION
a feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event
MOOD
the automatic response that something is good or bad
AFFECT
a powerful and clearly unified feeling state. such as anger or joy
CONSCIOUS EMOTION
a quick response of liking or disliking toward something
AUTOMATIC AFFECT
a physiological reaction, including faster heartbeat and faster or heavier breathing, linked to most conscious emotions
AROUSAL
the proposition that the bodily processes of emotion come first and the mind's perception of these bodily reactions then creates the subjective fe:ling of emotion
JAMES-LANGE THEORY OF EMOTION
the idea that feedback from the face muscles evokes or magnifies emotions
FACIAL FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS
the proposition that emotional stimuli activate the thalamus, which then activates both the cortex, producing an experienced emotion, and the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system. producing physiological arousal
CANNON-BARD THEORY OF EMOTION
the idea that emotion has two components: a bodily state of arousal and a cognitive label that specifies the emotion
SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY OF EMOTION
the idea that arousal from one event can transfer to a later event
EXCITATION TRANSFER
the frequency of positive emotions minus the frequency of negative emotions
AFFECT BALANCE
an evaluation of how one's life is generally, and how it compares to some standard
LIFE SATISFACTION
a theory proposing that people stay at about the same level of happiness regardless of what happens to them
HEDONIC TREADMILL
an emotional response to a real or imagined threat or provocation
ANGER
the proposition that expressing negative emotions produces a healthy release of those emotions and is therefore good for the psyche
CATHARSIS THEORY
an unpleasant moral emotion associated with a specific instance in which one has acted badly or wrong Iy
GUILT
a moral emotion that, like guilt, involves feeling bad but, unlike guilt, spreads to the whole person
SHAME
an unpleasant emotion associated with surviving a tragic event involving much loss of life
SURVIVOR GUILT
the idea that people judge something as good or bad by asking themselves "How do I feel about it?"
AFFECT-AS-INFORMATION HYPOTHESIS
the ability to predict one's emotional reactions to future events
AFFECTIVE FORECASTING
the idea that people rely on emotional processes to evaluate risk, with the result that their judgments may be biased by emotional factors
RISK-AS-FEELINGS HYPOTHESIS
the proposition that positive emotions expand an individual's attention and mind-set
BROADEN-AND-BUILD THEORY
the proposition that some arousal is better than none, but too much can hurt performance
YERKES-DODSON LAW
the ability to perceive, access and generate, understand, and reflectively regulate emotions
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ)
the part of the brain that is like a relay station for nerve impulses. Information
thalamus
From the thalamus, information's relayed both to the _____, which produces emotion and to the ____ and _____, which produces the increase in physiological arousal.
1.) Cerebral Cortex
2.) hypothalamus
3.) autonomic nervous system
Emotion has two components:
physiological arousal and cognitive label
Physiological measures of sexual arousal in the genitals are correlate about ___ in men and ___ in women.
.60 and .25
Fear can be converted into ___
love
There are two basic arousal states that feel quite different:
pleasant and unpleasant
The Alexander Solzhenitsyn story of the Siberian prison camp shows what?
The power of comparison and expectation.
The surprising thing about the objective predictors of happiness is that the effects are ___
Weak
Money, good job, and happy marriages are called what in relation to happiness?
Objective Root of Happiness or Objective predictor
The existence of happiness subsequent to outlook and personality are?
Subjective roots of happiness
_______ is an internal emotion, whereas _____ is an external behavior.
Anger; aggression
____ makes people downplay risks and overlook dangers.
Anger
Angry people actually become more _____; in this respect andy and happy people resemble each other.
optimistic
____ makes one want to fight right now. ____, in contrast, leads to rejection and social exclusion.
Anger; contempt
Anger is more ____ social.
positively
Three possible ways of dealing with anger:
1.) Never show anger
2.) Vent anger
3.) Get rid of anger
The difference between guilt and shame is:
guilt focuses narrowly on the action while shame spreads to the whole person
To whom is guilt mainly felt toward?
family, good friends, and loved ones
The path to feeling good and avoiding emotional distress is to
form and maintain good social relationships
According to Frijda, emotion does not exist without what?
A readiness for action
One seeming objection to the view that emotions do not cause behavior is
communication
People are fairly accurate at predicting emotions they would feel, but they substantially ____ how long they would feel that way. The also ___ the intensity of their emotional reactions.
overestimate; overestimate
What has been called "the shadow of intelligence?"
anxiety
Positive emotions appear to solve problems of
personal growth and development
Positive emotions prepare a person for
later hard times
Positive emotions broaden and expand an individual's
attention and mindset
Paul Ekman and his colleagues have identified six basic emotions that can be reliably distinguished from facial expressions
anger, surprise, disgust, happiness (joy), fear, and sadness
People from collectivist cultures experienced emotions that were based on assessments of ___, based more on ____
social worth; outer world
The four branches of emotional intelligence:
1.) Perceiving emotions
2.) Facilitating thought
3.) Understanding emotions
4.) Managing emotions