Ch.11

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

Mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences

Question 2

Discrete emotion theory

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Primary emotions

Answer 3

Small number of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross culturally universal
Includes happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and contempt

Question 4

Display rules

Answer 4

Cross cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions

Question 5

Cognitive theories of emotion

Answer 5

Theories proposing that emotions are products of thinking

Question 6

James Lange theory of emotion

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Somatic marker theory

Answer 7

Theory proposing that we use our gut reactions to help us determine how we should act

Question 8

Cannon bard theory

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Two factor theory

Answer 9

Theory proposing that emotions are produced by an undifferentiated state of arousal along with an attribution of that arousal

Question 10

Mere exposure effect

Answer 10

Phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it

Question 11

Facial feedback theory

Answer 11

Theory that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature info in the brain, altering our experiences of emotions

Question 12

Proxemics

Answer 12

Study of personal space

1. Public distance
2. Social distance
3. Personal distance
4. Intimate distance

Question 13

Self esteem

Answer 13

Evaluation of our worth

Question 14

Narcissism

Answer 14

A personality trait marked by extreme self centered ness.

Question 15

Positive illusions

Answer 15

Tendencies to perceive more favorably than others do.

Question 16

Positive psychology

Answer 16

Discipline that has sought to emphasize human strengths

Question 17

Defensive pessimism

Answer 17

Strategy of anticipating failure and compensating for this expectation my mentally over preparing for negative outcomes

Question 18

Incentive theories

Answer 18

Theories proposing that we are often motivated by positive goals

Question 19

Glucostatic theory

Answer 19

Theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to restore the proper level of glucose

Question 20

Leptin

Answer 20

Hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of energy used

Question 21

Set point

Answer 21

Value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain

Question 22

Internal-external theory

Answer 22

Theory holding that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues than internal cues

Question 23

Bulimia nervousa

Answer 23

Eating disorder associated with pattern of binging and purging in an effort to lose or maintain weight

Question 24

Anorexia nervosa

Answer 24

Eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight

Question 25

The physiology of the human sexual response

Answer 25

1. Excitement phase
2. Plateau phase
3. Orgasm (climax phase)
4. Resolution phase
   Pg. 440

Question 26

Excitement phase

Answer 26

Phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and notice physiological changes associated with it

Question 27

Plateau phase

Answer 27

Phase in human sexual response in which sexual tension builds

Question 28

Orgasm climax phase

Answer 28

Phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of genitals in both men and women

Question 29

Resolution phase

Answer 29

Phase in human sexual response following orgasm, in which people report relaxation and a sense of well being

Question 30

Guilty knowledge test

Answer 30

Relies on the premise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don’t. High false negative low false positives

Question 31

Integrity test

Answer 31

Questionnaire that presumably assesses workers tendency to steal or cheat