RV Myers Psychology for AP

RV Myers Psychology for AP - Unit 8B

196047635	emotion	a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience.
196047636	James-Lange theory	the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli.
196047637	Cannon-Bard theory	the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion.
196047638	two-factor theory	the Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.
196047639	polygraph	a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes).
196047640	catharsis	emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges.
196047641	feel-good, do good phenomenon	people's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
196047642	subjective well-being	self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people's quality of life.
196047643	adaptation-level phenomenon	our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level definite by our prior experience.
196047644	relative deprivation	the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself.
196047645	behavioral medicine	an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to healthy and disease.
196047646	health psychology	a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
196047647	stress	the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
196047648	general adaptation syndrome (GAS)	Selye's concept of the body's adaptivie responses to stress in three states -- alarm, resistance, exhaustion.
196047649	coronary heart disease	the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
196047650	Type A	Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving impatient, verbally agressive, and anger-prone people.
196047651	Type B	Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people.
196047652	psychophysiological illness	literally, "mind-body" illness; any stress related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.
196047653	psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)	the study of how psychological nueral, and endocrine processes together affect the immune system and resulting health.
196047654	lymphocytes	two types of white blood cells that are a part of the immune system: B-lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies to fight bacterial infection. T-lymphocytes form in the thymus and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
196047659	biofeedback	a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension.
196047661	Facial feedback	The effect of facial expressions on experienced emotions, as when a facial expression of anger or happiness intensifies feelings of anger or happiness