Emotion Flashcards
Emotion
A response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
7 Basic Emotions
Anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, contempt, surprise
The James-Lange Theory
Emotions result from physiological changes. Each emotion has a different physiological basis.
The Cannon-Bard Theory
The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus inspires physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion which occur simultaneously
The Two-Factor Theory
The theory that to experience emotions one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
Display rules
The permissible ways of displaying emotions that are culturally specific
Freud’s Instinct Theory
You are born with aggressive instincts. Aggression is the natural reaction to frustration. Outward inward and displaced aggression
Social learning theory
You are aggressive if you learned through observation that it’s to your benefit
Stress
The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events called stressors that we appraise as threatening or challenging
Stressors
Place demands on our psychological and physical resources and our ability to cope
Distress
Stress that is caused by excessive demands placed upon us that deplete our resources for coping.
Bad.
Eustress
The optimal amount of stress that helps promote health and growth.
Good
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
The process your body goes through when you are exposed to any kind of stress positive or negative. It has three phases.
Alarm reaction
Our initial physical reaction to stress.
Fight or flight, our physical resources mobilized, and peak function
Resistance stage
The body’s physical adaptation to continued stress.
HBP, rapid respiration, stress hormone release
Exhaustion stage
The body’s reaction to long-term continued stress; ultimately a weakening or collapse of the immune system from the exhaustion of resources.
Psychosomatic symptoms
A psychosomatic symptom is defined as REAL physical symptoms that are caused by psychological factors, such as our reaction to stress.
Approach-Approach Conflict
An internal conflict between two desirable outcomes
Internal conflict
When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
An internal conflict between two undesirable outcomes
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
An internal conflict between a desirable and undesirable outcome
Multiple Approach Conflict
An internal conflict that weighs the pros and cons of multiple differing situations that have both good and bad outcomes
Coping
Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
