Chp. 11
The mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences.
What is Emotion?
Phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it.
What is the Mere Exposure Effect?
The tension, discomfort, or physical symptoms that arise when a situation strains our ability to cope effectively.
What is Stress?
Coping strategy by which we problem solve and tackle life's challenges head on
What is Problem Focused Coping?
Study of how people influence others' behavior, beliefs, and attitudes
What is Social Psychology?
A theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in their biology.
What is the Discrete Emotions Theory?
Theory that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature information in the brain, altering our experience of emotions.
What is the Facial Feedback Hypothesis?
The perception of beneficial change or personal transformation in the struggle to overcome adversity.
What is Post-traumatic Growth?
Stress response pattern proposed by Hans Selye that consists of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
What is General Adaptation Syndrome?
A theory stating that we are predisposed to wanting to be included in social situations
What is the Need to Belong Theory?
Theory proposing that emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli.
Unconscious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behavior.
What is Nonverbal Leakage?
Initial decision regarding whether an event is harmful
What is Primary Appraisal?
Damage to the heart from the complete or partial blockage of the arteries that provide oxygen to the heart
What is Coronary Heart Disease?
Theory that states we seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others
What is the Social Comparison Theory?
Theory proposing that an emotion provoking event leads simultaneously to an emotion and to bodily reactions
What is the Cannon Bard theory?
Ability to predict our own and others' happiness
What is Affective Forecasting?
Perceptions regarding our ability to cope with an event that follows primary appraisal
What is Secondary Appraisal?
Healthcare practices and products used in place of conventional medicine
What is Alternative Medicine?
An outbreak of irrational behavior that is spread by social contagion
What is Mass Hysteria?
What is the Two Factor Theory?
Tendency for our moods to adapt to external circumstances.
What is the Hedonic Treadmill?
Coping strategy that features a positive outlook on feelings or situations accompanied by behaviors that reduce painful emotions.
What is Emotion Focused Coping?
Healthcare practices and products used together with conventional medicine
What is Complementary Medicine?
The enhancement of performance brought about by the presence of others
What is Social Facilitation?