Theories on
Emotions
Emotions
Which aspect of hunger is controlled by the lateral and ventromedial part of the hypothalamus?
What is the desire to eat and the feeling of fullness (satiety)?
Emotions come from our interpretation of our bodily responses
What is the Lazarus Theory?
The three theories of General Adaptation Syndrome is
What is the Alarm stage, Resistance stage, and the Exhaustion stage?
The brain part that is connected emotional experiences is this organ.
What is the Amygdala?
This is a condition where the human body responds to changes in the normal balanced state
What is stress?
Emotions come from our interpretation of actual event.
What is the Schachter-Singer Theory?
Thinking and interpretation or perception of an event is called this
What is cognitive appraisal?
This theory is based on stimulus - emotional experience, with no cognitive appraisal necessary.
What is the Zajonc-LeDoux Theory?
Quick emotional responses helps our chances for survival, this describes this perspective.
What is the Evolutionary perspective?
Positive stress and negative stress go by these names
What is eustress and distress?
According to Drive Reduction Theory, a person accepting a new job with a higher salary but more responsibility is to satisfy this drive.
What is a secondary drive?
Low-road and high-road emotional experiences is most connected to these parts of our brain.
What is amygdala and thalamus?
A person who loves sports like sky-diving and surfing for the thrill is most connected to this theory
What is the Arousal Theory?
An exceptional need based on deprivation, could reflect abuse in childhood
What is an extreme need?
Perceived control over a situation and a perceived lack of control over a situation is realized in this.
Perceived control lessen stress and perceived lack of control increases stress.
Most people would perform an easy task best at a high level of arousal, theory would this be connected to is
What is Yerkes-Dobson Law?
Individuals identify their own emotional states from their physiological symptoms, this is considered
What is innate?
In the James-Lange Theory of Emotion, this immediately precedes (comes before) an emotional reaction
What is cognitive appraisal?
Achievement motivation and optimal motivation are different, achievement motivation is this.
What is achievement motivation is meeting personal goals, learning gaining new knowledge?
This philosophy states that humans are motivated by personal growth and personal achievement
What is Humanism?
When needs are innate, unlearned, and natural, they are considered to be.
What is a primary need?
This theory states, emotional reactions exists separately from cognitive labels in emotional situations
What is Zajonc-LeDoux Theory?
A weakness of this theory is that it does not factor in new experiences where we are unclear as to what we feel.
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
A person who is intrinsically motivated will most likely enjoy his work more because
What is the fact that a person is motivated by achievement than external rewards?
Your emotional experiences are dependent on your cognitive appraisal and interpretation of the situation. This best describes this theory.
What is the Schachter-Singer (Two Factor) Theory of Emotion?