Final - 12&14 Flashcards
The James-Lange theory of emotion states that
To experience emotion is to be aware of our physiological responses to an emotion-arousing event
The two-factor theory of emotion was proposed by
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer
Evidence that people can develop and emotional preference for stimuli to which they have been unknowingly exposed has convinced Robert Zajonc that
Sometimes emotion precedes cognition
Julie surprised her unsuspecting roommate Jan by yelling “boo” as Jan walked into their darkened bedroom where Julie was hiding. Before she consciously recognized the “boo” as a silly prank, Jan experienced an immediate surge of fear, resulting from the routing of the unexpected sensory input through her thalamus directly to the
Amygdala
When her son fails to arrive home as expected, Elena fears he has been in an accident. Both her heart and respiration rate remain elevated until she sees him come safely through the door. Her body soon returns to normal due to the action of her ____ nervous system
Parasympathetic
The guilty knowledge test is typically used to
Assess a suspects responses to details of a crime
People are especially good at quickly detecting facial expressions of
Anger
The fact that people from widely different cultures display and interpret facial expressions of emotion in a similar manner best illustrates the impact of
Human genetics similarities
Reduced feelings of tension following aggressive outbursts contribute to
The reinforcement of aggression
The feel-good, do-good phenomenon refers to the fact that when people feel happy they
Are more willing to help others
Psychologists define stress as
The process by which we appraise and respond to threatening or challenging events
An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is his or her
Personality
By professional training, Freud was a
Physician
Freud emphasized that the id operates on the ______ principle
Pleasure
Gender identity refers to
The sense of being male, female, or a combination of the two
Regression is a defense mechanism that involves
Retreating to a more infantile psychosexual stage
Carl Jung referred to a shared reservoir of memory traces from our species history as the
Collective unconsciousness
Rorschach inkblot test results diagnose many normal adults as disordered. This indicates that the test has little
Validity
The humanistic perspective emphasized the value of
Self-determination
Carl Rogers referred to an attitude of total acceptance toward another person as
Unconditional positive regard
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by
Carl Jung
Hans and Sybil Eysenck described personality differences by identifying
Basic factors
The Big Five trait dimensions were identified by means of
Factor analysis
The basic components of emotion are
Expressive behaviors, physiological arousal, and conscious experience
