13 Flashcards
James Lange theory
The theory of our experience of emotion is our awareness of our psychological responses to emotion
Emotions
A response of the whole organism involving 1 physiological arousal 2 expressive behaviors and 3 a conscious experience
Cannon bard theory
Emotion triggering stimulus and the body’s arousal take place simultaneously
Schacter singer two factor theory
Our physiology and cognitions create emotions 2 factors are physical arousal and cognitive label
Spillover effect
In order to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
Polygraph
A machine commonly used to detect lies that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion
Catharsis
Emotional release in psychology the catharsis hypothesis releasing aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges
Paul ekman
Defined expression as one of 46 action units
Studied microexpressions
Feel good do good phenomenon
Self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life used along with measures of objective well-being
Adaption level phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgements relative to a nietral level defined by our prior experience
Relative deprivation
The perception that we are relatively worse off than those we compare ourselves with