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