Memory
Learning that persists over time; information that has been acquired and stored and can be retrieved.
What is memory?
Catastrophes, Significant life changes, Daily hassles
Types of stressors
Emotions result from the attention to our bodily activity
James-Lange theory
genetically predisposed behaviors
Instinct theory
Expect things to go badly, blame themselves and others or situations beyond their control
Pessimists
Recall, Recognition, and Relearning
Three measures of memory retention
Alarm reaction, Resistance, Exhaustion
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
arousal and emotion occur separately but simultaneously
Cannon-Bard theory
finding the right stimulation level
Arousal theory
attempting to reduce stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs related to our stress reaction
Emotion-focused coping
an inability to form new memories
Anterograde amnesia
Competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, anger prone
Type A personality
emotions have 2 ingredients: physical arousal and cognitive appraisal
Schaechter-Singer two-factor theory
response to inner pushes and pulls
Drive-reduction theory
People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood.
Feel-good, do-good phenomenon
an inability to retrieve information to one's past
Retrograde amnesia
easygoing, relaxed
Type B personality
cognitive appraisal defines emotion, sometimes without awareness
Lazarus
Priority of some needs over others
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Positive well-being, Positive character, Positive groups, communities, and cultures
Three pillars of positive psychology
that eerie sense of "I've experienced this before"
Deja vu
wait, find healthy distraction/support, distance yourself
Anger management strategies
some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious appraisal
Zajone-LeDoux Theory
competence, autonomy, relatedness
Self-determination theory
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life
Subjective well-being