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18 Cards in this Set
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James-lange theory of emotions
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Your interpretation of a stimulus evokes autonomic changes/muscle actions. Your perception of those changes is responsible for the way you feel emotions.
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Schachter and Singer's theory of emotions
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The intensity of a physical state determines the intensity of an emotion, while a cognitive appraisal of the situation identifies the TYPE of emotions.
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The range of emotions
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Basic emotions emerge early in life, are found across cultures, and have distinct facial expressions physiology.
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Duchenne smile
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the full expression of a smile, include movement of muscles around the eyes. (True smile vs. fake smile)
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Six basic emotoins
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Sadness, fear, happiness, surprise, disgust, anger.
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Fear
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Reaction to immediate danger.
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Anxiety
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Increase in the startle reflex (also, vague sense that something bad might happen).
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Anger
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Emotion of desire harm people or drive them away. Agrgression is a behavior.
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis
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Main cause of anger/aggression is frustration.
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Happiness, joy
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Usually measured by "subjective well being."
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Sadness
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Sense of loss and the inability to recover what is lost.
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Surprise
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When events do not match expectations.
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"Self-conscious" emotions
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Embarrassment, shame, guilt, and pride.
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Stress
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An event or events that are interpreted as threatening to an individual and which elicit physiological and behavioral responses.
Often measured by Social Readjustment Rating Scale. |
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Posttraumatic stress disorder
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A disorder which sometimes follows extreme stress an is characterized by feelings of prolonged anxiety and depression.
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Problem-focusing coping
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Feeling like you have more control over stressful events results in less stress
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Coping with stress by reappraisal
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Looking on the bright side of the situation, being optimistic.
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Emotion-focused coping
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Relaxation, exercise, and distraction.
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