Chp 12

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

a responce of the whole orgamisn involving a physiological arounsal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experinece

Question 2

James lang theory

Answer 2

the theory that our experinces of emotion is our awaness of our phychological responces to empotion arousing stimuli

Question 3

cannon bard theory

Answer 3

the schachter-singer theory that to experince emotion one must be physically arounsed and cognitivvelty able to label arousal

Question 4

two track sensory pathway

Answer 4

sensory imput may be routed to the cotrex via the thalius for analysis then transmmission to the amygdala or directly to the amgydala for instant wemotional reaction.

Question 5

James-Lange

Answer 5

Our awarness of specific bodily response to emotion-arousing stimuli

Question 6

Cannon-Bard

Answer 6

Bodily responce + simultanious subjective experience

Question 7

Schachter-Singer

Answer 7

Two Factors: General arousal + a concious cognitive label

Question 8

Zajonc: LeDoux

Answer 8

Instant beofre cognitive apprasal

Question 9

Lazarus

Answer 9

Apprasal-sometimes withoutsout awarness-define emotion

Question 10

Facial-Feedback Effect

Answer 10

the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger coresponding feelings such as fear, anger or happiness

Question 11

10 Basic Emotions

Answer 11

Joy, interest-excitement-surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt.

Question 12

Two dementions of emotions

Answer 12

Emotions vary on two dimensions: arousal (low or high) and valence (pleasant or unpleasant)

Question 13

adaption level phenomenon

Answer 13

our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experiences

Question 14

relative deprivation

Answer 14

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

Question 15

stress

Answer 15

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors

Question 16

general adaptation syndrome

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Selye’s GAD phase 1

Answer 17

Alarm reaction (mobilizes resources)

Question 18

Selye’s GAD phase 2

Answer 18

Resilience (cope with stress)

Question 19

Selye’s GAD phase 3

Answer 19

Exhaustion (reserves depleted)

Question 20

Tend and befriend

Answer 20

under stress people (especially women) often provide support to others (tend) and bond with and seek support from others (befriend)

Question 21

The feel good do good phenomenon

Answer 21

peoples tendancy to be helpful when aleady in a good mood

Question 22

subjective well being

Answer 22

sekf percived happiness or satisfaction with life. used along with measures of objective well-being (for exmaple physical or economic indicators) to evaluate peoples quality of life

Question 23

Psychophysioloigcal illness

Answer 23

literally mind-body. any strss-related physical illness, such as hypertension

Question 24

psychoneuroimmmunonlogy

Answer 24

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

Question 25

coping

Answer 25

alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive or behavioral methods

Question 26

problem focused coping

Answer 26

attempting to alleviate stress directly - by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor

Question 27

emotion focused coping

Answer 27

attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to one’s stress reaction