Ch.11 Flashcards
Emotion
Mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences
Discrete emotion theory
Theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in their biology
Primary emotions
Small number of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross culturally universal
Includes happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and contempt
Display rules
Cross cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions
Cognitive theories of emotion
Theories proposing that emotions are products of thinking
James Lange theory of emotion
Theory proposing that emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli
Somatic marker theory
Theory proposing that we use our gut reactions to help us determine how we should act
Cannon bard theory
Theory proposing that an emotion provoking event leads simultaneously to an emotion and to bodily reactions
Two factor theory
Theory proposing that emotions are produced by an undifferentiated state of arousal along with an attribution of that arousal
Mere exposure effect
Phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it
Facial feedback theory
Theory that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature info in the brain, altering our experiences of emotions
Proxemics
Study of personal space
- Public distance
- Social distance
- Personal distance
- Intimate distance
Self esteem
Evaluation of our worth
Narcissism
A personality trait marked by extreme self centered ness.
Positive illusions
Tendencies to perceive more favorably than others do.
Positive psychology
Discipline that has sought to emphasize human strengths
Defensive pessimism
Strategy of anticipating failure and compensating for this expectation my mentally over preparing for negative outcomes
Incentive theories
Theories proposing that we are often motivated by positive goals
Glucostatic theory
Theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to restore the proper level of glucose
Leptin
Hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of energy used
Set point
Value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain
Internal-external theory
Theory holding that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues than internal cues
Bulimia nervousa
Eating disorder associated with pattern of binging and purging in an effort to lose or maintain weight
Anorexia nervosa
Eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight
The physiology of the human sexual response
- Excitement phase
- Plateau phase
- Orgasm (climax phase)
- Resolution phase
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Excitement phase
Phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and notice physiological changes associated with it
Plateau phase
Phase in human sexual response in which sexual tension builds
Orgasm climax phase
Phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of genitals in both men and women
Resolution phase
Phase in human sexual response following orgasm, in which people report relaxation and a sense of well being
Guilty knowledge test
Relies on the premise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don’t. High false negative low false positives
Integrity test
Questionnaire that presumably assesses workers tendency to steal or cheat
