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Myers chapter 13 vocab

Chapter 13 vocabulary for Myers eighth edition

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62485408EmotionA response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors (3) conscious experience.
62485409James-Lange theoryThe theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli.
62485410Cannon-Bard theoryThe theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.
62485411Two-factor theorySchachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.
62485412PolygraphA machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.
62485413CatharsisEmotional release.
62485414Feel-good, do-good phenomenonPeople's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
62485415Subjective well-beingSelf-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life.
62485416Adaptation-level phenomenonOur tendency to form judgments relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
62485417Relative deprivationThe perception that one is worst off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
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