Emotion Vocab Terms Flashcards

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James-Lange theory

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experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

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emotion

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response of the whole organism

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Cannon-bard theory

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an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses

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two-factor theory

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schachter-singer’s theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused

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polygraph

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machine that detect lies

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catharsis

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emotional release

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feel-good, do-good phenomenon

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people’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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subjective well-being

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self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life

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adaptation-level phenomenon

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our tendency to form judgements

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relative deprivation

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

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