chapter 13: Emotion and Personality Flashcards
complex psychological states involving 3 distinct components:
emotion
what are the 3 dinstinct components of emotion?
a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral/ expressive response.
states are what, depending more on the situation than on a specific person.
transitory
what refers to the specific kinds of emotions that a person might experience.
Content
refers to how emotions are experienced.
Style
the theory holds that there are three distinct kinds of happiness: the Pleasant Life (pleasures), the Good Life (engagement), and the Meaningful Life.
authentic happiness theory
biologically based tendency to feel to display certain emotional states more frequently than others.
temperament
This field combines neuroscience and psychology to study the neural mechanisms of emotions. Research indicates that structures like the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex are involved in both emotional processing and personality traits
Affective neuroscience
what is the process by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they express these emotions.
emotional regulation
tendency to respond to everyday frustrations with anger and aggression, become easily irritated, act rudely, critically, antagonistic, uncooperatively in everyday interaction.
hostility
this theory proposes the existence of six basic, distinct and universal emotions, with clear boundaries separating emotional states. Those who think that primary emotions are the key
The categorical theory of emotions
researchers gather data by having subjects rate themselves on a wide variety of emotions, then apply statistical techniques (usually factor analysis) to identify the basic dimensions underlying the ratings.
the dimensional approach
what refers to this exact situation where two events influence each other simultaneously
Reciprocal causality
what is due primarily to a tendency of the limbic system in the brain to become easily activated.
neuroticism
The what is the portion of the brain located deep inside toward the center of the brain, and it most likely evolved early in the evolution of the nervous system. 
anterior cingulate
what part of the so-called executive control center of the brain.
prefrontal cortex
This model suggests there is a pre-existing vulnerability, or diathesis, present among people who later become depressed.
diathesis-stress model
This cognitive triad includes information about the
self, about the world, and about the future.
what theory holds that this emotional problem may be the result of neurotransmitter imbalance at the synapses of the nervous system.
The neurotransmitter theory of depression
what personality has focused on hostility and anger –proneness as the toxic component
Type A
what individuals should exhibit more mood variability, or more frequent fluctuations in their emotional lives over time.
high affect intensity
emotions are accompanied by distinct what, or increases in the probabilities of certain behaviors.
action tendencies
an what is a pattern of emotional reactions that a person consistently experiences across a variety of life situations
emotional trait
Said differently, part of being happy is to have what about the self, an inflated view of one s own characteristics as a good, able, and desirable person, as this characteristic appears to be part
of emotional well-being
positive illusions
