Chapter 13 vocabulary for Myers eighth edition
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| 62485408 | Emotion | A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors (3) conscious experience. | |
| 62485409 | James-Lange theory | The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli. | |
| 62485410 | Cannon-Bard theory | The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion. | |
| 62485411 | Two-factor theory | Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal. | |
| 62485412 | Polygraph | A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion. | |
| 62485413 | Catharsis | Emotional release. | |
| 62485414 | Feel-good, do-good phenomenon | People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood. | |
| 62485415 | Subjective well-being | Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. | |
| 62485416 | Adaptation-level phenomenon | Our tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. | |
| 62485417 | Relative deprivation | The perception that one is worst off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. |
