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Module 56-59AP Psych
Module 56-59 AP Psych Unit 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emotion | a response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors and conscious experience |
| James-Lange Theory | the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to an emotion – arousing stimulus |
| Cannon-Bard theory | the theory that an emotion – arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers |
| Two factor theory | The Schachter – singer theory that to experience emotion one must be psychically aroused and cognitively label the arousal |
| The spillover effect | arousal from a soccer match can fuel anger, which can descend into rioting or other violent confrontations |
| Polygraph | a machine used in attempts to detect lies those measures several of the physiological responses |
| Facial feedback effect | the tendency of facial muscles states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness |
| Behavior feedback effect | the tendency of behavior to influence our own and other thoughts feelings and actions |
| Stress | The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging |
| Three types of stressors | Catastrophes, significant life changes, daily hassles and social stress |
| General adaptation syndrome | Selye's concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases – alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
| Tend and Befriend response | Under stress people often provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others |
| Health heart disease | the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle, the leading cause of death in many underdeveloped countries |
| Type A | Friedman and Roseman's term for competitive hard-driving impatient verbally aggressive and anger prone people |
| Type B | Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing relaxed people |
| Catharsis | In psychology the idea that “releasing” aggressive energy relives aggressive urges |
| Aerobic exercise | sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; also helps alleviate depression and anxiety |
| Mindfulness meditation | a reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in nonjudgmental and accepting manner |
| Feel-good, do-good Phenomenon | people's tendency to be helpful when in a good mood |
| Positive Psychology | the scientific study of human flourishing with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities |
| Subjective well-being | self- perceived happiness or satisfaction with life, used along with measures of objective well-being |
| Adaptation-level phenomenon | our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experiences |
| Relative deprivation | the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself |
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