Unit 8B

Question 0

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

Answer 0

James-Lange theory

Question 1

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

Answer 1

emotion

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Cannon-Bard theory

Question 3

the theory that to experience emotion one must 1) be physically aroused and 2) cognitively label the arousal

Answer 3

Schachter-Singer 2-factor theory

Question 4

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

Answer 4

polygraph

Question 5

the effect of facial expressions on experienced emotions, as when a facial expression of anger or happiness intensifies feelings of anger or happiness

Answer 5

facial feedback

Question 6

emotional release

this hypothesis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy (thru fantasy or action) releases aggressive urges

Answer 6

catharsis

Question 7

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

Answer 7

feel-good, do-good phenomenon

Question 8

self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective _______ (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people’s quality of life

Answer 8

well-being

Question 9

our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative go a neutral level defined by our prior experience

Answer 9

adaptation-level phenomenon

Question 10

the perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves

Answer 10

relative deprivation

Question 11

an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

Answer 11

behavioral medicine

Question 12

a subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine

Answer 12

health psychology

Question 13

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging

Answer 13

stress

Question 14

Selye’s concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases - alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Answer 14

general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

Question 15

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in North America

Answer 15

coronary heart disease

Question 16

Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

Answer 16

Type A

Question 17

Friedman and Rosenman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people

Answer 17

Type B

Question 18

literally, “mind-body” illness; any stress-related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches

Answer 18

psychophysiological illness

Question 19

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

Answer 19

psychoneuroimmunology PNI

Question 20

the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body’s immune system: B _______ form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections; T _______ form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attach cancer cells, viruses and foreign substances

Answer 20

lymphocytes