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26 Cards in this Set
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Emotion |
A response of whole organism, involving (1) physiological (2) expressive behavior, (3) conscious experience. |
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James-Lange Theory |
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. |
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Cannon-Bard Theory |
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion. |
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According to the Cannon-Bard Theory, (a) our physiological response to stimulus (for example a pounding heart) and (b) the emotion we experience (for example fear) occurs__________________. According James-Lange Theory, (a) and (b) occur_______________. |
Cannon-Bard theory: Simultaneously James-Lange theory: Sequentially. |
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Two-Factor Theory |
The Schacter-Singer theory that experience one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal. |
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William James |
"We feel sorry because we cry, angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble."(1890) |
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Walter Cannon |
My heart is pounding as I experienced Fear |
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Facial Feedback Effect |
The Tendency of facial muscle states to rigger corresponding feelings such as fer, anger, or happiness |
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Catharsis |
emotional release. In psychology the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. |
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Feel-Good, Do-good Phenomenon |
People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood. |
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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. |
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Adaptation-level Phenomenon |
Our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. |
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Relative Deprivation |
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. |
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Stress |
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging. |
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) |
Selye's concept of body's adaptive response to stress in three phases--alarm, resistance, exhaustion. |
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tend and befriend |
Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend). |
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Psychophysiological Illness |
Literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches. |
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Psychoneuroimmuology |
The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health. |
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Lymphocytes |
The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances. |
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Coronary Heart Disease |
The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause if death in many developed countries. |
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Type A |
Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people. |
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Type B |
Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people. |
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Coping |
Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral method. |
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Problem-Focused Coping |
Attempting to alleviate stress directly-by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor. |
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Emotion-Focused Coping |
Attempting to alleviate stressor by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one's stress reaction |
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Aerobic Exercise |
sustained exercise that increase heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety. |
