Modules 37-38: Emotion
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- emotion
- a response of teh 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 tirgger (1) phsyiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion
- two-factor theory
- schacter's theory that to experience emotion one mus (1) be phsyically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal
- polygraph
- a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of teh physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration, cardiovascular and breathign changes).
- catharsis
- emotional release. in psychology, teh catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) 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. used along with measures of objective well being (for example, physicall and economic indicators) to evaluatepeople's quality of life.
- adapation level phemomenon
- our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a "neutral" level defined by our prior experience.
- relative deprivation
- the perception tha tone is worse off relative to those with whome one compares oneself.