Chap 5--Theories + Expression of Emotion5.4

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

A complex reaction to some internal or external event that involves physiological reactions, behavioral reactions, facial expressions, cognition, and affective responses

Question 2

Affective Component of Emotion

Answer 2

The subjective experience of what you are feeling during the emotion.

Question 3

Jame-Lange Theory

Answer 3

A theory of emotion that defines an emotion as a unique pattern of physiological arousal

Question 4

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 4

A theory of emotion that states that emotions orginate in the brain, not the body

Question 5

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

Answer 5

A theory that states that our emotional state is affected by the feedback our brain gets from facial muscles

Question 6

Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

Answer 6

A theory that states that emotions result when we cognitively interpret our physuological reactions in light of the situation

Question 7

Cognitive-Mediational Theory

Answer 7

A theory of emotion that states that our cognitive appraisal of a situation determines what enotion we will feel in the situation

Question 8

Mere Exposure Effect

Answer 8

The idea that the more one is exposed to something, the more one grows to like it

Question 9

Basic Emotions

Answer 9

A proposed set of innate emotions that are common to all humans and from which other higher-order emotions may derive

Question 10

Display Rules

Answer 10

Cultural rules governing when it is and isn’t appropriate to display certain emotions