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emotion
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a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience
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James-Lange theory
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the theory that our expierence of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses tom emotion-arousing stimuli
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Cannon-Bard theory
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the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion
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two-factor theory
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Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal
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polygraph
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a machine, commoly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes)
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catharsis
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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
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people's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood
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subjective well-being
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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
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our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior expierence
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relative deprivation
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the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
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