Terms for the AP Psychology test from David G. Myers 7th edition and other texts. If I'm missing something, please let me know! I want to make this set as complete as possible
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| 25368307 | 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) | |
| 25368308 | Cannon-Bard theory | theory that physiological arousal and emotion occur simultaneously; disagrees with James-Lange theory; arousal triggers physical and emotion responses | |
| 25368309 | 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 | |
| 25368310 | Zajonc-LeDoux theory | theory that some emotional responses occur instantly; sometimes we feel before we think | |
| 25368311 | arousal | one of the two dimensions of emotion; can be high or low; scale of tension; low = relaxed/sad; high = joy/fear/anger | |
| 25368312 | valence | one of the two dimensions of emotion; can be positive or negative; scale of pleasantness; positive = pleasant/relaxed/happy; negative = unpleasant/sad/angry | |
| 25368313 | 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") | |
| 25368314 | parasympathetic | calming part of nervous system; ex. salivation increases, skin dries, heart slows, digestion activates | |
| 25368315 | low arousal | best level of arousal for difficult tasks | |
| 25368316 | high arousal | best level of arousal for easy tasks | |
| 25368317 | moderate arousal | best level of arousal for most moderate tasks | |
| 25368318 | polygraph | a machine that measures levels of physiological responses to certain emotions (such as perspiration & breathing changes); used to detect lies; not 100% reliable | |
| 25368319 | guilty knowledge test | type of test that assess a suspect's physiological responses to crime-scene details known only to police and guilty person | |
| 25368320 | catharsis | venting anger through emotional release; doesn't really work; expressing anger really facilitates anger | |
| 25368321 | feel-good do-good phenomenon | phenomenon in which people in a good mood tend to be helpful | |
| 25368322 | subjective well-being | subjective measurement of life satisfaction; calculated with subjective measures of well-being like physical health and socio-economic status | |
| 25368323 | 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) | |
| 25368324 | relative deprivation | the sense that we are worse-off than others with whom we compare ourselves |
