Ch.13 Emotion Flashcards
Emotion
A response of the whole organism, involving psychological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
James-Lang Theory
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.
Cannon-Bard Theory
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion.
Two-Factor Theory
Schacter-Singer’s theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal.
Polygraph
A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.
Catharsis
Emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges.
Feel-Good, do-good phenomenon
People’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
Subjective Well-Being
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people’s quality of life.
Spillover Effect
When our arousal from one e net influences our response to other events.
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgement relative to a neural level defined by our prior experience.
Relative Deprivation
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
