AP Psych Chapter 13 Flashcards
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| 5865804767 | Emotion- 3 components | Physiological arousal Expressive behaviors Conscious experiences | 0 | |
| 5865804768 | James-Lange Theory | William James and Carl Lange: Physiological activity perceeds emotional experience | 1 | |
| 5865804769 | Cannon-Bard Theory | Walter Cannon and Phillip Bard: Emotion and body's arousal take place simultaneously | 2 | |
| 5865804770 | Two Factor Theory | Or Singer-Schachter Theory: Stanley Schachter and Herome Singer: Physiology and cognitions creat emotions; 2 factors, arousal and cognitive labeling ex. scared of animal in wild but not in zoo bc of cage | 3 | |
| 5865804771 | Sympathetic Nervous System | Arousal; fight or flight response; eyes dilate, heart rate accelerates, digestion inhibits | 4 | |
| 5865804772 | Parasympathetic Nervous System | Peace; Eyes contract, skin dries, heart slows, digestion activates | 5 | |
| 5865804773 | Ekmann's Universal Emotions | Happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, contempt | 6 | |
| 5865804774 | Physiological similarities and differences among specific emotions | Change in physical appearances of the face between fear, rage, and joy | 7 | |
| 5865804775 | Spillover Effect | Response of one event spills over into our response to the next event | 8 | |
| 5865804776 | Valence | Gloomy vs Happy; is it a negative or a positive emotion? | 9 | |
| 5865804777 | Arousal | Gloomy vs despondent; how strong is the emotion | 10 | |
| 5865804778 | Right Hemisphere | Negative emotions | 11 | |
| 5865804779 | Left Hemisphere | Positive emotions | 12 | |
| 5865804780 | High Road | Controls behavior, being the bigger person, eye pathways-->thalamus-->sensory cortex-->prefrontal cortex-->amygdala | 13 | |
| 5865804781 | Low Road | Doesnt lead to cerebral cortex; eye pathways-->thalamus-->amygdala: walk away get bad | 14 | |
| 5865804782 | Amygdala | Responsible for processing emotions | 15 | |
| 5865804783 | Cortex | Frontal lobe; controls advanced thoughts | 16 | |
| 5865804784 | Phineas Gage | (1823-1860) was an American railroad worker who became famous in scientific fields due to an accident which blew a metal rod through his head destroying most of his left frontal lobe. Gage miraculously survived and lived for 12 more years. This effected his cortex and limbic system. | 17 | |
| 5865804785 | Facial Feedback hypothesis | Brain reading our own face | 18 | |
| 5865804786 | Behavior Feedback Hypothesis | Whole Body; Hold oneself confidently=increase of confidence in mood | 19 | |
| 5865804787 | Non-verbal Communication | Expressing how we are feeling by our bodies and facial expressions | 20 | |
| 5865804788 | Micro Expressions | Brief expressions that last only a fraction of a second | 21 | |
| 5865804789 | Detecting Emotions | Women are better at it | 22 | |
| 5865804790 | Cultural and Emotional Expression | Cultures express emotions differently from others but there are 7 universal emotions | 23 | |
| 5865804791 | What are some.....anger-causes | frustrations, daily hassle, wrong-doings, tragedies | 24 | |
| 5865804792 | Catharsis | Emotional release | 25 | |
| 5865804793 | Adaptation-Level Phenomenon | Emotional set point, you may get really happy about something but then eventually your emotions go back to its set point and you are normal again | 26 | |
| 5865804794 | Impact Bias | Thinking that an emotional response to something will be far greater than what it actually is going to be | 27 | |
| 5865804795 | Relative Deprivation | Feeling of being deprived of something that someone else is privileged of having | 28 | |
| 5865804796 | Predictors of Happines | High self-esteem, Optimistic, Agreeable, Sleep Well, Meaningful work and realtionships | 29 | |
| 5865804797 | Feel good/do good Phenomenon | People are more likely to do good and be helpful when one is already in a good mood | 30 | |
| 5865804798 | Affective Mood Disorders | Emotional responses | 31 | |
| 5865804799 | Major Depressive disorder | questioning the future, suicidal thoughts or possible actions, negative emotions, worthless, ugly, don't care | 32 | |
| 5865804800 | MDD with Bereavement | Extreme grieving | 33 | |
| 5865804801 | Dysthymia | Eyeore: gloomy | 34 | |
| 5865804802 | Disruptive Mood Dysregulation | Tempertantrums; when one is in their teens 10, 11, 12, 13 years old, this can normally turn into another disorder when a adult. | 35 | |
| 5865804803 | SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder) | Depression that occurs during the winter blues, caused by the lack of light | 36 | |
| 5865804804 | Bipolar Disorders | Mania- times when u think your invisible- can do anything and thinking you won't get hurt- surge of energy- impulsiveness , hypomania , irrational thoughts (psychosis), lithium treats both | 37 | |
| 5865804805 | Cognitive Therapy | Working on changing negative thoughts | 38 | |
| 5865804806 | Beck's Triad | ![]() | 39 | |
| 5865804807 | Anti-depressants | Increase serotonin in brain | 40 |

