Emotions
Stress
Happiness
Learning
Other
100
These communicate feelings the same way in every culture.
What are facial expressions?
100
Part of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system
What is the hypothalamus?
100
50% of our happiness is due to this.
What are genetics?
100
Russian who studied dog salivation
Who was Ivan Pavlov?
100
The name of this facial expression:
What is fear (or scared)?
200
These specialized brain cells enhance our ability to have empathy for others.
What are mirror neurons?
200
Stress-related gland that sits on top of the kidneys.
What are the adrenal glands?
200
This factor increases health and happiness through its impact on self-control, social connection, and giving us purpose/meaning in life.
What is faith (or the faith factor; or religion)?
200
American who trained rats and other animals using rewards.
Who was B. F. Skinner?
200
The experience of responding to potentially threatening situations.
What is stress or what is the stress response?
300
This part of the brain coordinates reason, emotion, and movement.
What is the pre-frontal cortex?
300
The sub-system involved in preparing the body for fight-or-flight.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
300
Our tendency to judge our happiness today in comparison with our past experiences.
What is the adaptation-level phenomenon?
300
Type of associative learning that involves stimulus and response.
What is classical conditioning?
300
The body's system of glands that release chemicals (hormones) to communicate with other organs.
What is the endocrine system?
400
Part of the brain involved in strong emotions.
What is the amygdala?
400
Man who dropped lots of rats and accidentally discovered the general stress response.
Who was Hans Selye?
400
The ability to control our impulses and delay short-term rewards for bigger rewards in the future.
What is self-control?
400
Type of social learning that involves watching others.
What is observational learning?
400
The part of the nervous system involved in relaxation, calming, digestion, and healing.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
500
Participants who took drugs to block adrenaline and heard a scary story were part of a study that measured this.
What is memory?
500
Part of Lazarus' model of stress in which the person judges his/her resources to cope.
What is secondary appraisal?
500
Happiness --> hard work --> success
What is the psychology (or happiness) formula?
500
Process of rewarding behaviors that are increasingly close to the desired behavior.
What is shaping?
500
The most common source of stress for most people.
What are daily hassles?