Module 40, Module 41 And Module 42

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emotion

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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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James-Lange theory

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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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Cannon-Bard theory

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the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion

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two-factor theory

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the Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal

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polygraph

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a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (e.g sweat and breathing changes)

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nonverbal communication

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silent language of the body. Even thin slices of behavior can reveal feelings. Women better at reading emotional cues

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universality of nonverbal expressions

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some gestures are culturally determined. Facial expressions are universal. Cultures differ in the amount of emotion they express

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influence of facial expressions on feelings

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expressions amplify the felt emotion and signal the body to respond accordingly

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feel-good, do-good phenomenon

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

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catharsis

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emotional release. In psychology, the hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

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subjective well-being

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self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life.

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objective well-being

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physical and economic indicators for quality of life

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adaptation-level phenomenon

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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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relative deprivation

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