VOCABULARY
A combination of arousal, physical sensations, and subjective feelings that occurs spontaneously in response to emotional stimuli.
What is Emotion?
Theory that physical reactions happen before we experience an emotion.
What is the James-Lange theory?
A process that arouses, maintains, and guides behavior towards a goal.
What is Motivation?
The psychological and physical response to challenges or demands.
What is stress?
Ex: A student studies because they love learning.
What is intristic motivation
A sense of feeling full and not requiring further food.
What is Satiety?
Theory that says emotion and physical arousal can occur at the same time.
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?
Doing something because you enjoy it or find it personally rewarding.
What is Intristic Motivation?
An event or situation that causes stress.
What is a stressor?
Ex: A student completes homework to earn extra credit.
What is Extrinsic motivation?
Physical changes in the body, such as an increased heart rate or sweating.
What is Psychological Arousal?
Theory that says emotion depends on physical arousal and how we interpret it.
What is the Schachter-Singer two-fator theory.
Doing something to receive an external reward or avoid punishment.
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
Managing stress by taking steps to solve or change the problem.
What is problem-focused coping?
Ex: A student feels overwhelmed by assignments and creates a study schedule.
What is Problem-focused coping?
The ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions in yourself and others.
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Ex: You feel your heart racing before a speech and interpret it as excitement instead of fear.
What is an example of the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory?
The theory that biological needs create drives that motivate us to reduce those needs and restore balance.
What is Drive-reduction theory
Managing the emotional response to a stressful situation.
What is emotion-focused coping?
Ex: Someone feels nervous before a test and practices deep breathing to calm down.
The idea that facial expressions can influence how we experience emotions.
What is the facial feedback hypothesis?
Ex: You might feel afraid and have reactions such as fear, a racing heart, and then experiencing fear when seeing a snake
What is an example of the James-Lange theory?
A theory organizing human needs from basic physiological and safety needs to belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
The body's automatic response that prepares it to confront or escape a perceived threat.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
Ex: After going hours without eating, someone feels hungry and eats lunch.
What is Drive-reduction theory?