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Final for psychology

Terms in this set (27)

components of emotion
Physiological changes, cognitive process , subjective feeling, cultural and social context
Facial feedback
Refers to the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed
Infants seem to have two general categories of emotions which are
Positive and negative
mirror neurons
brain cells that fire when a person or animal observes others carrying out an action; they are involved in empathy, imitation, and reading emotions
appraisals
Refers to the beliefs, perception of the situation, expectations, goals and attributions that people make to explain their own and others behavior
emotion work
Acting on an emotion we do not really feel because we believe it is socially appropriate
display rules
The set of social and cultural rules that regulate when, how and where a person may express or suppress emotions
locus of control
Your general expectation about whether you can control the things that happen to you
Which group of people would you predict might reap a variety of health benefits
Unrealistic optimism, optimism, realistic optimists or pessimists
Realistic optimism
Proneness to_____________ is a significant risk factor all on its own for impairments of the immune system elevated blood pressure, heart disease and even slower healing of wounds
Anger
What are three effective coping strategies that rely on rethinking the stressful problem at hand
Reappraising the situation, learning from the experience and making social comparisons
According to Hans selye, general adaptation syndrome is a series of physiological reactions to stress that occurs in these three phases
Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
Personality consist of three systems and any action we take or problem we have results from the interaction and degree of balance among these three systems, which are:
Id, Ego, and Superego
This is a defense mechanism that occurs when people refuse to admit that something unpleasant is happening.
denial
Carl Jung believed that all human beings share a vast_____________ , which contains universal memories, stories, symbols, and images called
Collective Unconscious, Archetypes
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