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16 Cards in this Set
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emotion
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bodily arousal, positive or negative subjective experience, activation of mental processes & characteristic behavior
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Ekman Basic emotions (6) & 2 CATEGORIES
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Happiness, Anger, sadness, disgust, surprise, fear which can be categorized in approach or withdrawal categories.
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James-Lange THEORY
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emotion follows bodily reactions
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Cannon-Bard
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emotions and bodily reactions occur at the same time
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Cognitive theory
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emotions arise when you interpret the situation
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Facial feedback hypothesis
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idea that emotions arise partly as a result of the positioning of facial muscles
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Display rules
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a culture specific rule that indicates when, to whom, and how strongly certain emotions can be shown
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Instinct theory
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goals that motivate us (such as finding an attractive mate) and other general cognitive strategies are inborn.
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Evolutionary theory
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we changed in time, hard to test since we don’t know what our ancestors were like.
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Drive theory
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focuses on the mechanisms that underlie such tendencies, whether or not they are innate
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Arousal theory
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seeking to maintain an intermediate level of stimulation
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Homeostasis
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process of maintaining a steady state, in which bodily characteristics and substances are within a certain range
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Yerkes-Dodson law
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we perform best when we are at an intermediate level of arousal
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Learned helplessness
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condition that occurs after an animal has an aversive experience in which nothing it does can affect what happens to it, so it gives up and stops trying to change the situation or escape (dogs)
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Collectivist culture
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vs. a culture that emphasizes the right and responsibilities of the group over the individual
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Individualistic cultures
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culture that emphasizes the rights and responsibilities of the individual over those of the group
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