Myers Chapter 13
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emotion | A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors (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-Singer'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. |
| Feel-good, do-good phenomenon | People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood. |
| Subjective well-being | Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. |
| Adaptation-level phenomenon | Our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. |
| Relative deprivation | The perception that one is worst off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. |
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