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| mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences |
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| 7 emotions believed to be cross-culturally universal (happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, surprise, anger, contempt) |
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| mix of two primary emotions to form a new emotion (fear+surprise=alarm) (anger+disgust=hatred) |
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| theory proposing that emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli (when we see a bear we feel our heart rate increase and our palms sweat and our feet running then conclude we must have been scared) |
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| theory proposing that an emotion-provoking event leads simultaneously to an emotion and to bodily reactions (when we see a bear it triggers fear and running at the same time) |
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| theory proposing that emotions are produced by an undifferentiated state of arousal along with an explanation of that arousal (see a bear and become physiologically aroused then we try to determine the source of the arousal) |
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| eating disorder associated with a pattern of binge eating and purging in an effort to lose or maintain weight |
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| eating disorder associated with excessive weight loses and the irrational perception that one is overweight |
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| wish or craving for sexual activity |
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| nonverbal cues tend to be less valid than verbal cues- lies tend to have less detail and less qualifiers; practice makes perfect; most physical indicators are myths |
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| depends on Pinocchio Response- supposedly perfect physiological or behavioral indicator of lying; measures blood pressure, respiration, and skin conductance |
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| Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT) |
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| alternative to polygraph, relies on the premise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don't ; has low false-positive rate but high false-negative rate since people can forget or not notice things about the crime scene |
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| older adults are happier on average than young people and doesn't decrease until about 80; this is b/c of positivity effect- tendency for people to remember more positive than negative info with age |
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| marriage, friendships, college, religion, exercise, gratitude, giving, political affiliation, and flow (mental state in which we're completely immersed in what we're doing) |
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| psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction |
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| Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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| we must satisfy our physiological needs and needs for safety and security before progressing to more complex needs (physiological, safety, belonging, esteem, then self-actualization) |
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| most likely to befriend or become attracted to people nearby or who we see on a regular basis |
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| extent to which we have things in common with others (opposites DON'T attract) |
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| crucial for relationships to deepen; obligation we feel to give what we get |
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| consists of 3 elements: negation of intimacy, passion, and commitment |
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| love marked by deep friendship and fondness |
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| love marked by powerful, even overwhelming, longing for one's partner |
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