Section 1
What are the three Emotional components?
Bodily arousal
Expressive behaviors
Conscious experiences
What is the Spillover effect is?
Arousal spills over from one event to the next.
Izard isolated 10 basic emotions what are they?
What is Joy, interest-excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt.
What are 4 expressions that westerners do?
What is:
Firm handshake
Gaze
Averted glance
Stare: Dominance
What is the Facial Feedback Effect?
the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness
What is the James-Lange theory?
Arousal comes before emotion
What is Zajonc, LeDoux, Lazarus Theory?
Zajonc
Some emotional responses involve no deliberate thinking.
Lazarus
Emotions arise when an event is appraised as harmless or dangerous.
What are two dimensions of emotion?
What are valence and arousal
Two Pathways for Emotions (Brain)
The speedy low road and The thinking high road
Behavior Feedback Effect?
The tendency of behavior to influence our own and others' thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is the Cannon-Bard theory?
arousal and emotion occur simultaneously
People can often detect nonverbal cues and threats, and signs of status.
True or False
What are 3 levels of nature-nurture interaction?
What are:
Twin studies
Culture
Personal history
What is the feel-good, do-good phenomenon?
when we feel happy we are more willing to help others
What is general adaptation syndrome (gas)?
Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion.
What is the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory
arousal + label = emotion
Are Gestures, facial expressions, and voice tones are absent in written communication?
True or False
Women tend to be more ____ than men?
They are more Emotional and more empathic
What is Emotion?
The response of a whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
What is coping?
alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods.
What is facial feedback effect?
the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness.
Health psychology
A sub field of psychology that provides psychology contributions to behavioral medicine.
What is Catharsis?
Emotional release
What is a Polygraph?
The machine used to detect lies
Two dimensions that help differentiate emotions:
Positive-versus-negative valence
Low-versus-high arousal