AP Psychology - Chapter 13 Flashcards

6305732028	emotion	a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience	0
6305732029	James-Lange Theory	the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion -arousing stimuli	1
6305732030	Cannon-Bard Theory	the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion	2
6305732031	two-factor theory	Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.	3
6305732032	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).	4
6305732033	catharsis	emotional release; in psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges	5
6305732034	feel-good, do-good phenomenon	people's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood	6
6305732035	subjective well-being	self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life; used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life	7
6305732036	adaptation-level phenomenon	our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience	8
6305732037	relative deprivation	the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself	9