Emotions
Positive Thinking
Theories of Emotion
Stress
Random II
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the experience of feeling or emotion.

What is affect?

100

A belief that good things will happen.

What is optimism?

100

The concept that our experience of an emotion is the result of the arousal that we experience.

What is James Lange Theory?

100

The physiological responses that occur when an organism fails to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats

What is stress?

100

A reaction to stress favored by men.

What is the fight or flight response?

200

The two fundamental components of affect are...

What are emotions and motivation?

200

This is a belief that you can have a positive impacts on the events in your life.

What is self-efficacy?

200

According to two factor theory, emotion is the result of...

What is cognitive appraisal?

200

A medical syndrome that includes symptoms of anxiety, sleeplessness, nightmares, and social withdrawal.

What is PTSD?

200

This healthy method of dealing with stress is favored by women and features a significantly lower emission of cortisol.

What is the tend and befriend response?

300

Anger, Disgust, Sadness, Happiness, Fear, and Surprise

What are the basic emotions?

300

This is the theory that the muscles of your face can impact your emotions.

What is the facial feedback hypothesis?

300

Labeling an emotion and a physiological response occur simultaneously.

What is the Cannon-Bard theory?

300

Stress reactions can be physiological, emotional, or this.

What is behavioral?

300

Patients with injuries to the spinal cord, often also report this.

What is reduction in emotional responses?

400

The cognitive interpretations that accompany emotions.

What is cognitive appraisal?

400

People join bowling clubs due to the positive impact of this on happiness.

What is perceived social connections?

400

A physiological response precedes labeling an emotion.

What is the James-Lange theory?

400

The reaction to stress is governed by these three parts of the body. They are collectively known as the ...

What is HPA axis?

400

Two everyday ways to reduce stress that were discussed in class. 

What are exercise, communication, or emotion regulation?

500
Motivations can be broken down into these two categories.

What are are drives and goals?

500

Name two ways to increase happiness discussed in class.

What are gratitude and purpose?

500

As Devin crosses the road, a car horn blares. Devin's heart begins pounding and his breath catches. He realizes his life is in jeopardy! He then thinks, "this is very scary!" What theory of emotion does this represent?

What is two factor theory?

500
The leading cause of death in North American cultures.

What is heart disease?

500

Prolonged time spent is this phase of general adaptation syndrome can lead to organ failure or even death.

What is exhaustion?