Psych Chapter 38

Question 1

emotion

Answer 1

a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.

Question 2

James-Lange theory

Answer 2

the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.

Question 3

Cannon-Bard theory

Answer 3

the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.

Question 4

two-factor theory

Answer 4

Schachter-Singer’s theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.

Question 5

polygraph

Answer 5

a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes).