AP (Theories Of Emotion- Flashcards
Stimulus-> physiological arousal-> emotion
James-Lange Theory
Stimulus-> physiological arousal and emotion are simultaneous
Cannon-Bard Theory
Adds cognitive labeling:
Stimulus-> arousal-> interpret external cues-> label emotion
Schaffer two factor
What theory of emotion claims that some stimuli can bypass the frontal cortex and go straight into the amygdala?
Schacter two factor
What are the six universal emotions
Happiness, anger, sadness, surprise, disgust, and fear
Gestures, body language, Duchenne smile (can tell a real from a fake) are called what
Nonverbal cues
Being forced to smile will make you happier ( facial expressions influence emotion)
Facial feedback hypothesis
What syndrome are these effects from?
Alarm- freak out in response
resistance- dealing with the stress
exhaustion- can’t take anymore
General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
A personality type that is a rigid, stressful person, perfectionist, and at risk of heart disease
Type A personality
A personality type that’s laid back, non-stressed individual
Type B personality
Psychology of the work place, focuses employee recruitment, placement, training, satisfaction, and productivity
Industrial/ Organizational Psych
Intersection of engineering and psych, focuses on safety and efficiency of human-machine interactions
Ergonomics/ Human factors
The effect where productivity increases when workers are made to feel important
Hawthorne effect
When the manager gives employees responsibility, looks for input. Good for high level jobs
Theory Y management
Manager controls employees, enforces rules. Good for lower level jobs
Theory X management
Job- no training and do it for $
Career- works for advancement
Calling- works because they love it
Meaning of work
Affective: emotional attachment
Continuance: stay due to cost of leaving
Normative: stay due to obligation
Employee commitment
0-14 days, cells are dividing (prenatal development)
Zygote
Until about 9 weeks, vital organs being formed (prenatal development)
Embryo
9 weeks to birth, overall development (prenatal development)
Fetus
External agents that can cause abnormal prenatal development (alcohol, drugs, etc. )
Teratogens
Natural course of development, occurs no matter what
Maturation
Innate responses were born with (rooting, sucking, swallowing, grasping, etc)
Reflexes
After continual exposure you pay less attention
Habituation
What age do the eyes fully form in infants?
Takes till 1 year
Babies have to learn depth perception shown in the ______ ______ experiment
Visual cliff
Concepts or frameworks that organize info
Schemas
Incorporate new info into existing schemas
Assimilation
Adjust existing schemas to incorporate new info
Accommodation
Birth-2 years: focused on exploring the world around them
Sensorimotor stage
When objects removed from field of view are thought to disappear is due to a lack of what?
Object permanence
The ability to recognize yourself in a mirror
Sense of self
2- 7 years: use pretend play, developing language, using intuitive reasoning
Pre-operational stage
Recognizing that substances remain the same despite changes in shape, length, and/ or position
Conservation
Cannot do reverse operations (count out both 2+4 and 4+2)
Reversibility
Inability to distinguish one’s own perspective from another’s. Think everyone sees what they see
Egocentric
7-11 years: use operational thinking, classification, and can think logical in concrete context
Concrete operational stage
11-15 years: use abstract and idealist thoughts, hypothetical- deductive reasoning
Formal operational stage
Problems with Piaget’s theory
Stages are too specific, doesn’t generalize cause every kid is different
Cognitive development is a social process too, there is a need to interact with others
Vygotsky’s Theory
Gap between what a child can do on their own and with support
Zone of proximal development
