Class 4 Flashcards
James-Lange theory
theory that a stimulus triggers activity in the body, which in turn produces an emotional experience in the brain
Cannon-Bard theory
theory that a stimulus simultaneously triggers activity in the body and emotional experience in the brain
two-factory theory of emotion
theory that emissions are based on inferences about the causes of phsiological arousal
appraisal
evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulusu
emotion regulation
strategies people use to influence their own emotional experiences
reappraisal
changing one’s emotional experience by changing the way one thinks about the emotion-eliciting stimulus
emotional expression
observable sign of an emotional state
universality hypothesis
theory that emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyong
facial feedback hypothesis
theory that emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they signify
display rule
norm for the appropriate expression of emotion
motivation
psychological cause of an action
social cognition
study of how people perceive, remember, and interprety information about themselves and others (dynamic process, bottom-up and updown processing, sensory input v higher-order cognitive processing)
schema driven effects
perceptual confirmation behavioral confirmation (self-fulfilling prophecy)
social categorization
we classify people into social categories
we exaggerate the differences between groups
ingroups v outgroups (they all look alike)
attribution theories
examine how people form impressions and make inferences about causality based on observation of some behavior
