Psychology Chapter 11

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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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Emotion

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The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

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James-Lange 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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Cannon-Bard 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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Two-factor theory

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A machine, commonly 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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Polygraph

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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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Catharsis

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People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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Feel-good, do-good phenomenon

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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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Subjective well-being

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Our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience

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Adaptation-level phenomenon

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

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Relative deprivation

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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three states - alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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General adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries

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Coronary heart disease

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Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

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Type A

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Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people

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Type B

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Literally, "mind-body" illness; and stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches

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Psychophysiological illness

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The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health

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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

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The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies the fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances

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Lymphocytes

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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety

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Aerobic exercise

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A system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension

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Biofeedback

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As yet unproven health care treatments intended to supplement (complement) or serve as alternatives to conventional medicine, and which typically are not widely taught in medical schools, used in hospitals, or reimbursed by insurance companies. When research shows a therapy to be safe and effective, it usually then becomes part of accepted medical practice

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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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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Stress