Chapter 12 Flashcards

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A response of the who organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.

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Emotion

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The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to an emotion arousing stimulus.

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James Lange Theory

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The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.

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Cannon Bard Theory

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The Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.

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Two Factor Theory

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A machine used in attempts to detect lies that measures several of the physiological responses (such as perspiration, heart rate, and breathing changes) accompanying emotion.

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Polygraph

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The tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness.

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Facial Feedback Effect

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In psychology, the idea that “releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.

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Catharis

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People’s tendency to be helpful when in a good mood.

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Feel good; do good phenomenon

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The scientific study of human flourishing, with goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities to thrive.

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Positive Psychology

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Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life.

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subjective well-being

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Our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our experience.

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Adaptation level Phenomenon

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12
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The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.

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relative deprivation

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The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

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Stress

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Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases - alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

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General Adaptation syndrome

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Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend).`

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tend befriend

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A subfield of psychology that provide’s psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine.

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Health psychology

17
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The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.

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psychoneuroimmunology

18
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The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.

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Coronary heart disease

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Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.

20
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Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people.

21
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Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods.

22
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Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction.

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Emotion focused coping

23
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Attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.

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Problem Focused coping

24
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Our sense of controlling our environment rather than feeling helpless.

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Personal Control

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The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or person learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events.
Learned Helplessness
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The perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate.
External Locus Control
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The perception that we control our own fate.
Internal Locus of Control
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The ability to control impulses and delay short-term gratification for greater long-term rewards.
Self Control
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Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; also helps alleviate depression and anxiety.
Aerobic Exercise
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A reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner.
Mindfulness Meditation