AP Psychology Myers and Others - Emotion
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 James-Lange theory | theory that emotion comes from awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli; emotion comes from physical awareness; (ex. smiling makes us feel happy) |
| Cannon-Bard theory | theory that physiological arousal and emotion occur simultaneously; disagrees with James-Lange theory; arousal triggers physical and emotion responses |
| two-factor theory | theory emotions require 2 parts - 1. physical arousal, 2. cognitive label (awareness); we think before we feel; emotion comes from feeling and understanding the arousal; proposed by Schachter |
| Zajonc-LeDoux theory | theory that some emotional responses occur instantly; sometimes we feel before we think |
| arousal | one of the two dimensions of emotion; can be high or low; scale of tension; low = relaxed/sad; high = joy/fear/anger |
| valence | one of the two dimensions of emotion; can be positive or negative; scale of pleasantness; positive = pleasant/relaxed/happy; negative = unpleasant/sad/angry |
| sympathetic | arousing part of nervous system; triggers fight or flight; ex. salivation decreases, skin sweats, breathing increases ("I feel sympathy for you for being in such a tough situation") |
| parasympathetic | calming part of nervous system; ex. salivation increases, skin dries, heart slows, digestion activates |
| low arousal | best level of arousal for difficult tasks |
| high arousal | best level of arousal for easy tasks |
| moderate arousal | best level of arousal for most moderate tasks |
| polygraph | a machine that measures levels of physiological responses to certain emotions (such as perspiration & breathing changes); used to detect lies; not 100% reliable |
| guilty knowledge test | type of test that assess a suspect's physiological responses to crime-scene details known only to police and guilty person |
| catharsis | venting anger through emotional release; doesn't really work; expressing anger really facilitates anger |
| feel-good do-good phenomenon | phenomenon in which people in a good mood tend to be helpful |
| subjective well-being | subjective measurement of life satisfaction; calculated with subjective measures of well-being like physical health and socio-economic status |
| adaptation-level principle | our tendency to judge stimuli relative to our previous experiences; (ex. if your GPA surges, you feel an initial surge of pleasure, then adopt to this new level of achievement and need something more to be happy) |
| relative deprivation | the sense that we are worse-off than others with whom we compare ourselves |
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