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Psy Chapter 10

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Emotions   show
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show Theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in our biology.  
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show A small number of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross-culturally universal.  
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Secondary Emotions   show
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Display Rules   show
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Duchenne Smile   show
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Pan Am Smile   show
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show Theories that propose that emotions are the products of thinking.  
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James-Lange Theory of Emotion   show
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show A theory proposing that we use our "gut reactions" to help us determine how we should act.  
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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion   show
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Schachter-Singer Two Factor Theory of Emotion   show
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Unconscious Influences on Emotion   show
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show A theory proposing that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature information in the brain, which alters our experience of emotions.  
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Nonverbal Leakage   show
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Curse of Knowledge   show
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show Gestures that highlight or accentuate speech.  
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show Gestures in which one body part interacts with another body part. (ex biting nails)  
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show Gestures that convey conventional meanings recognized by members of a culture, such as waving your hand.  
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show The study of personal space.  
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Public Distance   show
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Social Distance   show
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Personal Distance   show
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Intimate Distance   show
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show A supposed perfect physiological or behavioral indicator of lying.  
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Voice Stress Analysis   show
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Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT)   show
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show A technique that measures brain waves to measure the recognition of concealed knowledge.  
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show Questionnaires that presumably assesses worker's tendency to steal or cheat.  
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show A discipline that has sought to emphasize human strengths.  
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Defensive Pessimism   show
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show Defined as one's subject sense of how satisfied they are with life.  
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show A theory by Barbara Fredrickson that proposes that happiness predisposes us to think more openly.  
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show The tendency for people to remember more positive than negative information with age.  
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Affective Forecasting   show
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show The belief that both our good and bad moods will last longer than they do.  
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show Tendency for our moods to adapt to external circumstances.  
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Motivation   show
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show A theory proposing that certain drives, like hunger, thirst, and sexual frustration motivate us to act in ways that minimize these states.  
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show Internal equilibrium.  
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Yerkes Dodson Law   show
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Stimulus Hunger   show
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show Are predispositions toward certain stimuli we like, such as food or sexual desire.  
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show A disposition toward stimuli we do not like, such as rude people or scary animals.  
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Approach-approach conflict   show
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Avoidance-avoidance conflict   show
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show Having a choice that has good and bad aspects.  
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Double approach-avoidance conflict   show
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Incentive Theories   show
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Intrinsic Motivation   show
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show Is being motivated by external goals.  
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show Once we receive reinforcement for doing something, we anticipate that reinforcement again, and if the reinforcement is taken away, we're less likely to perform the behavior.  
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show Biological necessities such as hunger and thirst.  
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show Psychological desires, such as the need for achievement.  
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Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs   show
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Ghrelin   show
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show A hormone that decreases hunger.  
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Glucostatic Theory   show
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Leptin   show
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show The value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass that we tend to maintain.  
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Portion Distortion   show
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show A theory that states that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues rather than internal cues.  
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Bulimia Nervosa   show
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show An eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight.  
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show Sexual desire.  
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Sexual Response Cycle   show
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Excitement Phase   show
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show The second phase, in which sexual tension builds.  
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Orgasm Phase   show
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show The fourth and final phase, which follows orgasm, where people report relaxation and a sense of well-being.  
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Androgens   show
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show Proximity, similarity, and reciprocity.  
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show Physical nearness, a predictor of attraction.  
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show The extent to which we have things in common with others, a predictor of attraction.  
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show The rule of give and take, a predictor of attraction.  
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Passionate Love   show
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show Love marked by a sense of deep friendship and fondness for one's partner.  
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show Consists of intimacy, passion, and commitment.  
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mere exposure effect   show
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show evaluation of self-worth  
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show a personality trait marked by extreme self-centeredness  
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show Tendencies to perceive ourselves more favorably than others do  
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