Chapter 12 Vocabulary - Emotions Flashcards
The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimulus
James-Lange Theory
A response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
Emotion
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
Cannon-Bard Theory
The Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
Two-factor theory
A machine commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes) accompanying emotion
Polygraph
The tendency of facial muscles states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness
Facial feedback effect
Emotional release in psychology, that catharsis hypnosis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges
Catharsis
People’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood
Feel-good, do-good phenomenon
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life
Subjective well-being
Our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience
Adaption-level phenomenon
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
Relative deprivation
A subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine
Health psychology
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
Stress
Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases - alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
General adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Under stress, people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend)
Tend and befriend
Literally, “mind-body” illness; any stress related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches
Psychophysiological illness
The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body’s immune system
B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infection
T lymphocytes form in that thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances
Lymphocytes
The clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle
Coronary heart disease
Friedman and Roseman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people
Type A
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people
Type B
Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
Coping
Attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor
Problem-focused coping
Attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to ones stress reaction
Emotion-focused coping
Sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness; may also alleviate depression and anxiety
Aerobic exercise
The study of how psychological, neural, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health
Psychoneuroimmunology
