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| A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience. |
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| The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. |
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| The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion. |
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| Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal. |
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| A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes). |
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| Emotional release. In psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges. |
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| Feel-good, Do-good Phenomenon |
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| People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood. |
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| Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate people's quality of life |
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| Adaptation-Level Phenomenon |
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| Our tendency to form judgements (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience. |
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| The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself. |
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