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Emotion
Vocabulary of important terms from Unit 6
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Psychology
12th Grade
11/27/2012

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Emotion
Definition
A response involving physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience
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James-Lange Theory
Definition
Our experience of emotion is an awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
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Cannon-Bard Theory
Definition
An emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion
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Two-factor Theory (Schachter-Singer Theory)
Definition
In order to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the type of arousal
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Catharsis
Definition
Emotional release
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Feel-good, do-good Phenomenon
Definition
People's tendency to be helpful when in an already good mood
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Subjective Well-being
Definition
Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life; used to evaluate one's quality of life
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Adaptation-level Phenomenon
Definition
Tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience
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