AP Psych - Quiz #11 Flashcards

7874512570	adaptation-level phenomena	our tendency to judge various stimuli in comparison with our past experiences (explains why we can be happy with something new at first but then we get used to it)	0
7874512571	approach-approach conflict	must select between two desirable outcomes	1
7874512572	approach-avoidance conflict	one goal has desirable and undesirable features	2
7874512573	avoidance-avoidance conflict	must select between two undesirable outcomes	3
7874512574	Cannon-Bard theory	theory that we experience emotion at the same time we have the physiological arousal	4
7874512575	facial feedback	facial expressions have an effect on the experience of emotions; smiling leads to feelings of happiness	5
7874512576	feel-good, do-good phenomena	people's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood	6
7874512577	general adaptation syndrome	body's response to stress: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion; described by Hans Selye	7
7874512578	James-Lange theory	theory that we experience emotion after the physiological arousal	8
7874512579	lateral hypothalamus	part of the hypothalamus that triggers hunger	9
7874512580	multiple approach-avoidance conflict	must select between two or more things but each has desirable and undesirable features	10
7874512581	relative deprivation	the perception that we are worse off relative to those with whom we compare ourselves	11
7874512582	two-factor theory or Schacter-Singer Theory	theory that we experience emotion after the physiological arousal and a cognitive label for that arousal	12
7874512583	Type A	competitive, hard-driving, impatient, perfectionistic people	13
7874512584	Type B	easy-going, relaxed people	14
7874512585	ventromedial hypothalamus	part of the hypothalamus that stops hunger	15