Ch 10 Emotion and Motivation

Question 1

emotion

Answer 1

mental state or feeling associated
with our evaluation of our
experiences

Question 2

discrete emotions theory

Answer 2

theory that humans experience a
small number of distinct emotions
that are rooted in their biology

Question 3

display rules

Answer 3

cross-cultural guidelines for how and
when to express emotions

Question 4

primary emotions

Answer 4

happiness, fear, anger, disgust

Question 5

secondary emotions

Answer 5

emotions made up from secondary emotions

Question 6

cognitive theories of emotion

Answer 6

theories proposing that emotions are
products of thinking

Question 7

James–Lange theory of emotion

Answer 7

theory proposing that emotions result
from our interpretations of our bodily
reactions to stimuli

Question 8

somatic marker theory

Answer 8

theory proposing that we use our “gut reactions” to help us determine how we should act

Question 9

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 9

theory proposing that an emotion provoking event leads simultaneously
to an emotion and to bodily reactions