Chapter 13 - Vocabulary Flashcards
James-Lange Theory
Proposed that physiological activity precedes the emotional experience.
Emotion
A response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
Cannon-Bard Theory
An emotional triggering stimulus and the body’s arousal take place simultaneously.
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory
Suggests our physiology and cognitions create emotions. One must be physically aroused and then cognitively label the arousal.
Spillover Effect
An arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event.
Polygraph
A machine, commonly used to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.
Paul Ekman
Defined expressions as one of 46 Action Units. Studied microexpressions. Had 50 years of dedicated research.
Catharsis
Emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges.
Feel-good, Do-good Phenomenon
People’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
Subjective Well-Being
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people’s quality of life.
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon
Our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our experience.
Relative Depreivation
The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
