Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
AP Psych Chapter 13
Emotion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emotion | A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience |
| Polygraph | A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion |
| Catharsis | Emotional release - in psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges |
| Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon | People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood |
| Adaption-Level Phenomenon | Our tendency to form judgments 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 |
| 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 simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion |
| Two-Factor Theory (Schachter-Singer) | Schachter's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal |
| Subjective Well-Being | Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life (used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people's quality of life) |
| Culturally Universal Expressions | the expressions associated with some emotions were basic or biologically universal to all humans such as: Anger, Disgust, Fear, Happiness, Sadness, Surprise |
Created by:
Kingsclass
Popular Psychology sets