Intro To Psychology

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

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Experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger:
1) Physiological responses
2) Subjective experience of emotion

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Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

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To experience emotion one must:
1) Be physically aroused
2) Cognitively label the arousal

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Emotion—Lie Detectors

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respiration; perspiration; heart rate

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Fear

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we can learn fear
the brain center for fear – the amygdale
phobias

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Anger

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anger and aggression
Catharsis hypothesis

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Happiness

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Subjective sense of well being;Feel-good, do-good phenomenon;People’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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Adaptation-level Phenomenon

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tendency to form judgments relative to a “neutral” level

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Relative Deprivation

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perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself

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Stress and Health

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the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging

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Acute stress

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something that happens very infrequently;very distressing

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Chronic stress

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less intense than acute;experience this form continually or long-lasting

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Catastrophic Events

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earthquakes, combat stress, floods

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Life changes

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Death of a loved one, divorce, loss of job, promotion

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Daily Hassles

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Rush hour traffic, long lines, job stress

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Perceived Control

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health consequences of a loss of control

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Psychophysiological Illness

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Any stress-related physical illness;Different than hypochondriasis—misinterpreting normal physical sensations as symptoms of a disease

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Promoting Health

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Modifying Type A life-style can reduce recurrence of heart attacks;High levels of hostility increase chance of all disease (e.g., cancer)

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Aerobic exercise

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sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness

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Biofeedback

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electronically records and “feeds back” info to a person about subtle; physiological states

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Personality

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the organization of enduring behavior patterns that often serve to distinguish; us from one another. - distinctiveness;- enduring behavior patterns; - organization of individuality

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The Psychoanalytic Perspective

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both an approach to therapy and a theory of personality;The main causes of behavior lie buried in the unconscious mind

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Defense Mechanisms

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the ego’s protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality

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Repression

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keeping anxiety-producing thoughts out of the conscious mind

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Regression

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an individual retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage

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Reaction Formation

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replacing an unacceptable wish with its opposite

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Projection

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reducing anxiety by attributing unacceptable impulses to someone else

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Rationalization

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reasoning away anxiety-producing thoughts

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Displacement

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shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable or less threatening object or person

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Rorschach Inkblot Test

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seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots