Set: Psychology Ch. 13: Emotion

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emotion response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
James-Lange theory theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
Cannon-Bard theory theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
two-factor theory Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must by physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
polygraph machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion
cartharsis emotional release; "releasing" aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges
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 judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience
relative deprivation perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself

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Created May 11, 2008
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  1. subjective well-being → self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life - 5 misses
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  4. emotion → response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience - 3 misses
  5. Cannon-Bard theory → theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion - 3 misses
  6. two-factor theory → Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must by physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal - 3 misses
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