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Emotions and Stress (Unit 9 & 10) Flashcards

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1
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To experience emotion, one must:
1. Be ______ aroused
2. Show an _____ _____
3. Be _______ of the experience/______ that occurs

A
  1. Physically
  2. Expressive Behavior
  3. Conscious; Emotion
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The emotional release:

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Catharsis

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Suggests that for every major emotion there is an accompanying visceral experience:

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James-Lange Theory

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The behavior response comes first and predetermines the emotion:

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James-Lange Theory

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Bear sighting: Heart beats, tremble, run, and THEN feel emotion:

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James-Lange Theory

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The behavior and the emotion occur simultaneously:

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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Infer emotion from labeling the situation before choosing the emotion:

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Schacter & Singer Two-Factor Theory

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Zajonc and LeDoux emphasize that some emotions are immediate, without conscious appraisal:

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Cognitive Appraisal Theory

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9
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When we experience an emotion, and opposing emotion will counter the first emotion, lessening the experience of the first emotion:

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Solomon and Corbit - Opponent Process

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10
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Which theory explains drug addiction/sensations seekers?

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Solomon and Corbit - Opponent Process

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Risky but socially acceptable activities:

A

Thrill and Adventure Seeking

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Mind, senses, and nonconforming lifestyle:

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Experience seeking

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Chose middle class life but find it boring, so seek an escape:

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Disinhibition

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14
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Get restless - do not like repetition:

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Boredom Susceptibility

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15
Q

Where are positive emotions located?

A

The Left Hemisphere

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Where are negative emotions located?

A

The Right Hemisphere

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17
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__________ perspective shows that basic emotions are experienced and displayed across cultures:

A

Evolutionary

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18
Q

Found the 6 universal facial expressions:

A

Paul Ekman

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What are the 6 universal facial expressions?

A
  1. Happy
  2. Sad
  3. Fear
  4. Anger
  5. Disgust
  6. Surprise
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20
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Supports facial expressions not only reflect emotional experience, but they also help determine ho people experience and label emotions:

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Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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The mental and physical condition that occurs when we encounter demands or expectations and we must adapt to the environment

A

Stress

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Positive stress:

A

Eustress

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Negative stress:

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Distress

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A condition or event that challenges or threatens a person:

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Stressors

25
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Cause psychological injury or intense emotional pain:

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Traumatic Stressors

26
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A low intensity stressor:

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Frustrations

27
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Negative emotional state when an environmental factor prevents you from reaching a goal:

A

External Frustration

28
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Your own internal characteristics impede your progress towards a goal:

A

Personal Frustration

29
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Who created the Cognitive-Appraisal Theory for Stress and Coping?

A

Richard Lazarus

30
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Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in:

A

Cognitive-Appraisal Theory for Stress and Coping

31
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An individual’s interpretation of what is at stake:

A

Primary Appraisal

32
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An assessment of the resources available for coping:

A

Secondary Appraisal

33
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Who created the Fight or Flight/Stress Response System?

A

Walter Cannon

34
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Who created the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?

A

Hans Selye

35
Q

Appraises the situation and mobilizes resources for coping: activation of the sympathetic nervous system:

A

Alarm

36
Q

Person tries to cope with the stressors; hormones secreted:

A

Resistance

37
Q

Body’s energy is depleted and left vulnerable:

A

Exhaustion

38
Q

Selye’s three stages ____ a ____!

A

ARE; GAS

39
Q

Under stress, people often provide support to others and bond with/seek support from others:

A

Tend and Befriend Response

40
Q

______ or ______ towards a person, object, or animal:

A

Anger; Aggression

41
Q

Direct anger towards osme other object:

A

Displaced aggression

42
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Physical removal or psychologically escaping:

A

Escape

43
Q

____-_____ behaviors:

A

Mood-Altering

44
Q

The act of facing and dealing with problems and stressors, especially over the long term:

A

Coping

45
Q

People who don’t cope well show:
______ signs (anxiety, depression, irritability, etc.)
______ signs (avoidance, self-destructive
behaviors, self-medicating)
_____-________ fear and attitudes

A

Emotional; Behavioral; Self-Defeating

46
Q

Characteristics: competitive, impatient, verbally aggressive, talks quickly and interrupts often, easily angered, multi-taskers:

A

Type A Personality

47
Q

_____ ___ personalities have a higher chance of having hypertension
and heart disease:

A

Type A

48
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Characteristics: Easygoing, relaxed, “chill”:

A

Type B Personality

49
Q

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

A

Psychoneuroimmunology

50
Q

Fight bacteria infections:

A

B Lymphocytes

51
Q

Attack cancer cells and viruses:

A

T Lymphocytes

52
Q

Ingest foreign substances:

A

Macrophages

53
Q

Who developed the Life Change Units (LCU)?

A

Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe

54
Q

Identifies many different life changes and has a number value to each level of stress the change would typically cause. The score represents the person’s overall stress level.

A

LCU, but it’s now called the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

55
Q

Ways people go about their daily lives:

A

Lifestyle

56
Q

Diseases related or caused by health-damaging personal habits (obesity, type 2 diabetes, smoking, alcoholism, drug
abuse):

A

Lifestyle Diseases

57
Q

An anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened:

A

PTSD

58
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What is the treatment for PTSD?

A

Exposure Therapy

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