Biological
Human tendency to strive to stay in balance
What is homeostasis?
Theory that stimulus leads to emotion, which then leads to bodily arousal
What is common-sense theory?
Need to decide between two appealing alternatives
The mind and body's integrated response to a stimulus
How much control one feels they have over the events in their life
What is the locus of control?
Understanding why we eat
What is cannon-bard theory?
Choosing between two undesirable options
What is avoidance-avoidance conflict?
Idea that facial expressions are connected to emotion
What is the facial feedback hypothesis?
This type of coping involves putting a positive spin on the problem
What is appraisal-focused coping?
Theory that people are motivated to survive and reproduce
What is instinct theory/evolutionary perspective?
Theory that emotions occur as psychological reactions to events
What is James-Lange Theory?
Receiving awards for behavior that then diminishes the intrinsic motivation to perform the behavior
What is the overjustification effect?
A group's informal norms about how to appropriately express emotion
What is display rule?
Coping by removing the source of stress
What is problem-focused coping?
Theory depicting the levels of human needs
What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Theory that we experience a physiological reaction to stimulus before you experiencing emotion and cognitive interpretation
Choosing between two alternatives where both have positive and negative consequences
What is approach-avoidance conflict?
Facial expressions, gestures, posture, and distance are examples of...
What is nonverbal communication?
This type of person would have difficulty coping with difficult scenarios and respond with hostility
What is Type A?
When the body's resources are depleted
What is exhaustion?
Theory that human motivation aims to achieve a balance between arousal and rest
Weighing the pros and cons between multiple situations
what color shirt was squiggly wearing march 13th Monday 10:30 A.M.?
Shiny crappy brown
-Lance
Blaming outside forces for the circumstances of your life
What is external locus of control?