8B Flashcards
James- Lange theory
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
Emotion
A response of the whole organism, involving 1) physiological arousal 2) expressive behaviors and 3) conscious experience
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
The Schachter-Singer 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 and cardiovascular breathing changes)
Facial Feedback
The effect of facial expression on experienced emotions, as when a facial expression of anger or happiness intensifies feelings of anger or happiness
Catharsis
Emotional release. “releasing aggressive energy and relieves aggressive urges
Feel good, do good phenomenon
Peoples tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood
Well being
Self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being( ie economic and physical indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life
Adaption level phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgements(of sounds, lights of income) relative to neutral level defined by our prior experience
Relative depravation
The perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves.
Behavioral medicine
And interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease
Health psychology
A subfield of psychology that provides physiology’s contribution to behavioral medicine
Stress
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
GAS
Selyes concept of the bodies adaptive response to stress in three phases- alarm, restraint, exhaustion