Unit 8B Vocab Flashcards
Well-being
self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life
Two-Factor Theory
the theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
Feel-good, do-good phenomenon
people’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood
Catharsis
emotional release
Emotion
a response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
General Adaptation System
a concept of the body’s adaptive response to stress in three phases- alarm, resistance, exhaustion
James-Lange Theory
the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
Relative Depravation
the perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves
Cannon-Bard Theory
the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
Lymphocytes
the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body’s immune system
Polygraph
a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion
Facial Feedback
the effect of facial expressions of experienced emotions as when a facial expression of anger intensifies feelings of anger
Stress
the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
Coronary Heart Disease
the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle
Type A
competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people
