AP PSYCH CH. 8
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emotion | a four-part process consisting of physiological arousal, cognitive interpretation, subjective feelings, and behavioral expression. |
| Display rules | the permissible ways of displaying emotions in a particular society |
| Lateralization of emotion | different influences of the two brain hemispheres on various emotions. the left= positive emotions. right= negative emotions |
| James-Lange theory | the proposal that an emotion-provoking stimulus produces a physical response, in turn, produces an emotion. |
| Cannon-Bard theory | the counter-proposal that an emotional feeling and an internal physiological response occur at the same time. |
| Two-factor theory | the proposal claiming that emotion results from the cognitive appraisal of both physical arousal (factor 1) and an emotion-provoking stimulus (factor 2) |
| Cognitive appraisal theory | theory of emotion which theorizes that individuals decide on an appropriate emotion following the event |
| Opponent-process theory | theory of emotion which theorizes that emotions have pairs. When one is triggered, the other is suppressed. (ex: trigger happiness; suppress sadness.) |
| Inverted U function | the relationship between arousal and performance. |
| Sensation seekers | individuals who have a biological need for higher levels of stimulation than do other people |
| Emotional intelligence | the ability to understand and control emotional responses |
| Polygraph | a device that records or graphs many measures of physical arousal, such as heart rate. Its often called a lie detector |
| Motivation | all the processes involved in starting, directing, and maintaining physical and psychological activities |
| Drive | biologically instigated motivation |
| Motive | an internal mechanism that selects and directs behavior. |
| Intrinsic motivation | the desire to engage in an activity for its own sake, rather than for some reward. |
| Extrinsic motivation | the desire to engage in an activity to achieve a reward |
| Conscious motivation | having the desire to engage in an activity and being aware of the desire |
| Unconscious motivation | having a desire to engage in an activity but being consciously unaware of the desire. |
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