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Dunn's Psychology
Ch 13: Emotion
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Emotion | a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience. |
James-Lange theory | the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. |
Cannon-Bard theory | the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaniously triggers (1) physiological respnonses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion. |
Two-Factor theory | Schachter's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal. |
Polygraph | a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration, cardiovascular and breathing changes). |
Catharsis | emotional release. In psychology, the cartharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. |
Feel-good, Do-good Phenomenon | people's tendency to be helpful when already in good mood. |
Subjective Well-Being | self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with me measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life. |
Adaption-Level Phenomenon | our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of light, of income) relative to a "neutral" level defined by our prior experience. |
Relative Deprivation | the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. |