Emotional Thought process
Which theory suggests that the conscious experience of emotion is proposed to follow the perception of bodily physiological changes?
James–Lange Theory
This disorder is characterised by persistent sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, changes in sleep or appetite, and difficulties with energy or concentration.
Major Depressive Disorder
An individual experiences discomfort due to holding conflicting beliefs and behaviors.
Cognitive Dissonance (Festinger)
The mental process of converting sensory input into meaningful interpretation.
Perception
A student changes their opinion to match the group during a discussion.
Conformity
This theory argues that emotional experience and physiological arousal occur simultaneously, rather than one causing the other.
Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
This disorder involves excessive and persistent worry about multiple areas of life, such as academics, relationships, or everyday responsibilities, often accompanied by restlessness and difficulty concentrating.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
A person believes their success depends on luck rather than effort.
External Locus of Control (Rotter)
The process of mentally breaking information into smaller meaningful units.
Chunking
People are less likely to help a victim when others are present.
Bystander Effect
According to this theory, an emotion results from physiological arousal combined with a cognitive interpretation or label of that arousal.
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion
This disorder is characterized by recurring, unexpected panic attacks along with persistent concern about having additional attacks or significant changes in behaviour because of them
Panic Disorder
A learner modifies existing knowledge structures when encountering new information.
Accommodation (Piaget)
The mental process of evaluating alternatives and selecting the best option.
Decision Making
During a team discussion, members suppress dissenting opinions to maintain harmony, leading to poor decision-making.
Groupthink
This theory suggests that emotions arise when a person evaluates or appraises the meaning of an event in relation to their goals, well-being, or ability to cope with it.
Lazarus’s Cognitive Appraisal Theory
This disorder involves intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, or images and/or repetitive behaviours or mental acts performed to reduce the distress caused by them.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
A person persists in a behavior because reinforcement is unpredictable and intermittent.
Variable Ratio Schedule (Operant Conditioning)
The process of forming a general idea or category from specific examples.
Concept Formation
An individual behaves differently in a crowd due to reduced self-awareness and anonymity.
Deindividuation
This theory proposes that specific emotions are associated with distinct patterns of autonomic nervous system activity, challenging the idea that all emotions produce the same general physiological response.
Differential Emotions Theory
This disorder is characterized by disruptions in identity, memory, perception, or consciousness, and may involve the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
A client’s improvement in therapy is largely attributed to common factors such as the therapeutic relationship, rather than specific techniques. Name the concept.
Dodo Bird Verdict
The tendency to fill in missing information based on prior knowledge.
Top-Down Processing
Group discussion leads members to adopt more extreme positions than initially held.
Group Polarization