Psych 1300- Ch. 13.1

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Emotion

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is a subjective reaction to an object, event, person, or memory

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Affective component

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describes feelings associated with emotion.

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Mood

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is a free-floating emotional feeling that does not relate directly to a stimulus.

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Physiological arousal

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is a heightened bodily reaction to a stimulus

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Expressive behavior

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is an outward sign that a person is experiencing an emotion

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Cognitive experience

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is the brain’s remembered response to experiencing an emotion

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Universality hypothesis

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supposes that facial expressions are understood across all cultures

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James-Lange theory

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proposes that the physiological experience of heart pounding or tears flowing causes a person to feel afraid or sad.

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Cannon-Bard theory

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proposes that the mental and physiological components of emotions happen simultaneously

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Schachter and Singer two-factor theory

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states that cognitive evaluation happens alongside a person’s physiological arousal to create the emotion he or she experiences.

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Exposure effect

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is caused by the prior experience of a stimulus

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Cognitive-appraisal theory

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states that if a person notices a particular physiological response, that person has to decide what it means before he or she can feel an emotion

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Misattribution

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is assigning the incorrect meaning to an emotion because of a particular physiological response

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Rapid subcortical pathway

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is a pathway between the thalamus and amygdala through which the amygdala receives projections from sensory organs.

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Slower cortical pathway

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is a pathway that sends messages from the thalamus to the visual cortex and then back to the amygdala, allowing a person’s perceptions to affect his or her emotions.

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Prefrontal cortex

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is the very front of the brain and part of the neocortex; responsible for the executive functions, such as mediating conflicting thoughts and making choices between right and wrong. It is essential for the cognitive experience of emotion.

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Prefrontal lobotomy

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is a type of surgery in which the prefrontal area of the brain is disabled, causing people to feel less intense emotions but also leaving them unable to plan or manage their lives.

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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states that a person who makes a certain facial expression will feel the corresponding emotion, as long as the person is not feeling some other competing emotion

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Intensification

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is an exaggeration of emotions.

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Deintensification

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is a muting of emotions

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Masking

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refers to showing one emotion while feeling another

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Neutralizing

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refers to showing no emotion, even though the person is actually feeling one

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Mood-congruent processing

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is the selective perception of stimuli congruent with the emotional state of the person experiencing the stimuli.

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Emotion regulation

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is the use of cognitive strategies to control and influence a person’s own emotional responses

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Valence

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is a positive or negative value along a continuum.