Myers AP Psych Ch. 13

emotion

A response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience

James-Lange theory

The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

Cannon-Bard theory

The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion

two-factor theory

Schachter's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal

polygraph

A machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion

catharsis

Emotional release - in psychology, the catharsis hypothesis maintains that "releasing" aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

feel-good, do-good phenomenon

People's tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

subjective well-being

Self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life (used along with measures of objective well-being to evaluate people's quality of life)

adaptation-level phenomenon

Our tendency to form judgments relative to a "neutral" level defined by our prior experience

relative deprivation

The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself