Chapter 13
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emotion | a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience |
| James-Lange Theory | The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli |
| Cannon-Bard Theory | The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion |
| Two-Factor Theory | Schachter's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal |
| Polygraph | a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion |
| Catharsis | emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. |
| Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon | Peiople's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood |
| Subjective Well-Being | Self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life |
| Adaption-Level Phenomenon | Our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience |
| Relative Deprivation | the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself |
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