Final Exam Flashcards
Describe physiology.
- If you’re tired or stressed, you’re likely to perceive things more negatively than you normally would.
- For instance, a playful insult coworker might anger you if you were feeling down but wouldn’t bother you if you were feeling good.
Describe age.
- Compared to a person of 20, a 60 year old has a more complex fund of experiences to draw on in perceiving situations and people.
Describe expectations.
- The impact of expectations on perception explains the self -fulfilling prophecy. Expectations influence perceptions in a range of communication situations.
- Our expectations also affect what we notice.
Describe culture.
- A culture is the totality of beliefs, values, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience that are shared by a number of people.
- Culture forms the patterns of our lives and guides how we think, feel, and communicate.
Define emotion.
- Our experience and interpretation of internal sensations as they are shaped by physiology, perceptions, language, and social experiences.
Define emotional intelligence.
- The ability to recognize feelings, to judge which feelings are appropriate in which situations, and to communicate those feelings affectively.
Explain the physiological influences of emotions- organismic view of emotions.
- We experience emotion when external stimuli cause physiological changes in us.
Stimulus Physiological Response Emotion
Explain the perceptual view of emotions (Appraisal Theory)
- Subjective perceptions shape what external phenomena means to us.
External event Perception of event Interpreted emotion Response
Explain the cognitive labeling view of emotions.
- Our labels for our physiological response influence how we interpret those responses.
External event Physiological response Label for Response Emotion
Explain the interactive view of emotions.
- Social rules and understandings shape what people feel and how they do or don’t express their feelings.
Framing Rules Feeling Rules Felt emotion Emotion Work Felt Emotion Emotional Expression
Define jealousy.
- Jealousy can be a sign of caring and can lead people to re-examine their relationships.
- Jealousy is a more prototypic emotion—etymologically similar to “zeal” (i.e. fear, anger, sadness, etc.)
- Relationship possession = when people feel they are in danger of losing a valued relationship they already possess.
- Jealousy is personified as a “green-eyed monster”
- People find jealousy-induced violence reprehensible, yet paradoxically sometimes justifiable.
- Jealousy is a two-edged sword: LOVE—PARANOIA.
What are the intrapersonal outcomes of jealousy?
- Anger, rage, or hatred toward partner or rival.
- Fear anxiety, or panic over possible abandonment or relationship chage.
- Sadness, grief over actual/potential loss.
- Hurt over betrayal.
- Heighten sexual arousal.
- Envy of rival’s relationship or positive characteristics.
- Positive affect toward partner.
What are the interpersonal outcomes of jealousy?
- Jealousy is associated with three interrelated intrapersonal experiences: uncertainty, suspicion, and distrust.
- Uncertainty, suspicion, and distrust, in turn prompt a number of interpersonal communicative responses that have negative potential.
- Jealousy can also cause feeling of deep hurt and betrayal.
- Jealous individuals sometimes engage in aggressive, manipulative, and/or violent behavior.
- Jealousy, in general associates with relational dissatisfaction.
Explain surveillance and guarding.
- Surveillance/vigilance.
- Concealment/restriction.
- Monopolozing partner’s tiem.
Explain communication with rival.
- Information seeking.
- Derogation of the mate to rivals.
- Rival threats.
- Violence toward rivals.
