Chapter 10 psych
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Emotion
The subjective experience of a change in physiological arousal due to environmental events.
Four components of emotion
An environmental event or trigger, a physiological change, an affective experience, and a cognitive interpretation of the experience.
Mood
A long lasting, general affective state that does not have a specific trigger event or target.
Affect
The psychological experience of our physiological state.
Positive affect
Subjective experience of energy, engagement, and concentration characterized by gratitude, happiness, and joy.
Negative affect
Subjective experience of distress and unwanted engagement characterized by fear, guilt, and shame.
James Lange Theory of emotion
The theory that environmental events trigger physiological responses that we then label as particular emotions.
Cannon Bard theory
Suggests that physiological response and emotional events occur simultaneously.
Schachter Singer two factor theory of emotion
States that emotional responses are due to the interaction between the physiological response and cognitive label associated with environmental triggers.
Six basic emotions
Sadness, contempt, surprise, anger, disgust, and fear.
Need to belong
A motivational pressure to be part of a social group that receives support from others.
Prominent explanations
A casual explanation of behavior that focuses on immediate situational and physiological factors.
Ultimate explanations
A casual explanation of behavior that focuses on evolutionary forces and functions of a behavior.
Face validity
The degree to which a psychological theory or assessment appears to be effective or accurate.
Genetic fitness
The likelihood that an organism's genes will survive either by the continued life of the organism or being passed through reproduction.
Intrinsic motivation
Behaviors that are motivated by thoughts, feelings and values that are inside the individual.
Extrinsic motivation
Behaviors that are activated by stimuli in the environment surrounding the organism.