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emotion
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feelings that invlove subjective evaluation, psychological processes and cognitive beliefs.
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mood
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a diffuse and long lasting emotional state thay influences rather than interrupts thought and behavior.
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stress
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a pattern of behavior and physiological responses to events that match or exceed an organisms abilities
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health psychology
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field of psyc that is concerned with events that affect psysical well being
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display rules
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cultural rules that govern how and when emotions are exhibited
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somatic markers
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bodily reactions that arise from the emotional evaluation of an actions consequences.
ex: gut feeling |
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guilt
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a negative emotional state associated with an internal experience of anxiety, tension and agitation in which a person feels responsible for causing an adverse state
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alexithymia
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a disorder involving a lack of subjective experience of emotion
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primary emotions
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evolutionary adaptive emotions that humans share across cultures, they are associated with specific biological and physical states
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secondary emotions
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blends of primary emotions, including states such as remorse, guilt, submission and anticipation
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circumflex model
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an approach to understanding emotion in which two basic factors of emotion are spatially arranged in a circle, formed around the intersections of the core dimensions of affect.
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james lange theory of emotion
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a theory that suggests that the experience of emotion is elicited by a physiological response to a particular stimulus or situation
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facial feedback hypothesis
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the idea that facial expressions trigger the experience of emotion
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cannon-bard theory of emotion
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the theory that asserts that emotion-producing stimuli from the environment elicit both an emotional and a physical reaction
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two factor theory of emotion
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a theory that proposes that a situation evokes both a physiological responses such as arousal, and a cognitive interpretation
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excitation transfer
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a form of mis attribution in which residual physiological arousal caused by one event is transferred to a new stimulus
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rumination
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thinking about, elaborating and focusing on undesired thoughts or feelings which prolongs, rather than alleviates, a negative mood.
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cerebral asymmetry
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an emotional pattern associated with unequal activations of the left and right frontal lobes
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stressor
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an environment event or stimulus that threatens an organism
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coping response
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any response an organism makes to avoid, escape from, or minimize an aversive stimulus.
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fight or flight response
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the physiological preparedness of animals to deal with danger
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tend and befriend response
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the argument that females are more likely to protect and care for their offspring and form social alliances than flee or fight in response to threat
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females oxytocin
males testosterone |
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general adaptation syndrome
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a consistent pattern of responses to stress that consists of three stages: alarm, resistance and exhaustion
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type A behavior pattern
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a pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, achievement orientation, aggressiveness, hostility,restlessness, inability to relax and impatience with others
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type B behavior pattern
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a pattern of behavior characterized by relaxed non competitive easygoing and accommodating behavior
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immune system
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the body's mechanism for dealing with invading microorganisms such as allergens bacteria and viruses
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lymphocytes
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specialized white blood cells known as B cells, T cells and natural killer cells that make up the immune system
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primary appraisal
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part of the coping process that involves making decisions about whether a stimulus is stressful benign or irrelevant
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secondary appraisal
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part of the coping process during which people evaluate their options and choose coping behaviors
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emotion focused coping
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a type of coping in which people try to prevent having an emotional response to a stressor
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problem focused coping
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a type of coping in which people take direct steps to confront or minimize a stressor
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positive reappraisal
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a cognitive process in which people focus on possible good things in their current situation
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hardiness
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a personality trait that enables people to perceive stressors as controllable challenges
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social support
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a network of other people who can provide help, encouragement and advice
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buffering hypothesis
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the idea that other people can provide direct support in helping individuals cope with stressful events
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body mass index (BMI)
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a ratio of weight to height used to measure obesity
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anorexia nervosa
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an eating disorder characterized by an excessive fear of becoming fat and thus a refusal to eat
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bulimia nervosa
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an eating disorder characterized by dieting binge eating and purging
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heuristic guides
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provide feedback to make quick decisions
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affect as information theory
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people use emotional state to
make judgments without knowing mood source |
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emotions consist of three stages: (3)
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1. subjective experience (feelings)
2. physical changes (heart rate) 3. cognitive appraisal (beliefs and understanding about feelings) |
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what nervous system is activated during emotional states?
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autonomic-there are differences though
ex: pupils contract during anger and dilate during arousal |
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what part of the brain can either be cool or hot depending on emotional states
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hypothalamus
ex: cool-positive hot-negative |
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Kluver bucy syndrome
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lack of fear conditioning
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sequence of physiology resistence to stress
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Hypothalamus pituitary gland cortisol, norepinephrine, epinephrine
ex: alarm reaction stage of resistence and exhaustion |
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