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42 Cards in this Set
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emotion
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response of the whole organism- physiological arousal, expressive behavior, conscious experience (thoughts and feelings)
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james-lange theory
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theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological needs
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cannon-bard theory
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theory that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers 1-physiological responses and 2-subjective experiences of emotion
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two-factor theory
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schanter/singer's theory: to experience emotion, one must be able to 1physically be aroused 2cognitively label emotion 3-reconcile the two
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schacter and singer
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psychologists who developed the two factor theory- that integrates the role of physiological arousal and cognitive labeling in determining emotions
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polygraph
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machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, measure physiological responses accompanying emotions
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catharsis
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emotional release, relieving
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feel-good, do-good phenomenon
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peoples tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood
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subjective well being
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self percieved happiness/satisfaction with life, used to measure quality of life
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adaption-level phenomenon
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tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by prior experiences
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emotion
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response of the whole organism- physiological arousal, expressive behavior, conscious experience (thoughts and feelings)
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james-lange theory
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theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological needs
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cannon-bard theory
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theory that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers 1-physiological responses and 2-subjective experiences of emotion
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two-factor theory
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schanter/singer's theory: to experience emotion, one must be able to 1physically be aroused 2cognitively label emotion 3-reconcile the two
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schacter and singer
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psychologists who developed the two factor theory- that integrates the role of physiological arousal and cognitive labeling in determining emotions
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polygraph
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machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, measure physiological responses accompanying emotions
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catharsis
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emotional release, relieving
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feel-good, do-good phenomenon
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peoples tendency to be helpful when already in a good ood
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subjective well being
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self percieved happiness/satisfaction with life, used to measure quality of life
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adaption-level phenomenon
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tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by prior experiences
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relative deprivation
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perception that one is worse off relative (compared) to others
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spillover effect
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effect when ones emotions affects those around them
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facial feedback hypothesis
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muscle expressions amplify emotions by activating muscles associated with specific states; muscles signal responses of the experience
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paul ekman
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psychologist studied lying, face expressions, cultural differences in emotion
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behavior feedback phenomenon
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sara snodgrass studied that the way the body moves as if experiencing an emotion will actually cause the feeling of that emotion to a degree
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amygdala
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part of the limbic sys that plays an important role in memory of emotional reactions
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martin seligman
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positive psych; learned helplesness psychologist
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display rules
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rules that govern what emotions are appropriate in certain circumstances; very between cultures/gender
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behavioral medicine
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interdisciplinary field-behavioral/medical knowledge- applying to health/diseases
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health psychology
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subfield of psychology; provides psychological contribution to behavioral medicine
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stress
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process by which we perceive/respond to certain events (stressors) that we appraise them as threatening/challenging
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fight or flight
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response of the adrenal glands (sympathetic nervous system) to stress
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cortisol
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stress hormones secreted by the cerebral cortex-hypothalamus-pituitary gland; responsible for belly fat
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general adaption syndrome (GAS)
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Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three stages: 1alarm 2 resistance 3exhaustion
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hans selye
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psychologist responsible for the General adaption syndrome concept
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coronary heart disease
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clogging of vessels that nourish the heart muscle, leading cause of death in many developed countries
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type a personality
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friedman/rosenman;s term for competitive, hard driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, anger prone people
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type b personality
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term for relaxed, easy going people
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psychophysiological illness
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mind-body illness; any stress related physical illness ex-hypertension, headaches, etc.
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lymphocytes
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2 types of white blood cells (immune sys) B: bone marrow, release antibodies to combat bacterial infections T: Thympus, other tissuesl attack cancer cells, viruses, foreign substances
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coping
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process of managing taxing circumstnaces (stress)
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biofeedback
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process of becoming aware of various physiological functions using insruemnts taht provide information- brain waves, muscle tones, heart rate, pain, etc.
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