Chapter 13: Emotion

Question 1

James- Lange Theory of Emotion

Answer 1

the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotional arousing stimuli

Question 2

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

Answer 2

the theory that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses, and the subjective experience of emotion

Question 3

Two-Factor Theory

Answer 3

the theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal

Question 4

General Adaption Syndrome

Answer 4

A nonspecific general response to noxious stimuli (“stressors”)

Question 5

Emotion

Answer 5

a response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience

Question 6

Personalization

Answer 6

Taking responsibility for events unconnected to the person

Question 7

Generalization

Answer 7

Drawing sweeping conclusions based on only one incident

-Applying conclusions to events unrelated to original

Question 8

Polygraph

Answer 8

a machine that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion

Question 9

Control Question

Answer 9

compare examinees’ responses to relevant questions to their responses to other questions that are believed to elicit physiological reactions from innocent examinees

Question 10

Relevant Question

Answer 10

closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

Question 11

Catharsis

Answer 11

emotional release

Question 12

Feel Good, Do good Phenomenon

Answer 12

peoples tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

Question 13

Subjective Well Being

Answer 13

self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life

Question 14

Adaption-Level Phenomenon

Answer 14

our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a natural level defined by our prior experience

Question 15

Relative Deprivation

Answer 15

the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares ones self

Question 16

Spill-Over effect

Answer 16

are economic events in one context that occur because of something else in a seemingly unrelated context.

Question 17

Diminished Returns

Answer 17

the fact, often stated as a law or principle, that when any factor of production, as labor, is increased while other factors, as capital and land, are held constant in amount, the output per unit of the variable factor will eventually diminish.