Chapter 6 - Emotion and Affect

A set of flashcards summarizing key terms and definitions related to emotions and affect as covered in Chapter 6.

What is Emotion?

Conscious evaluative reaction to some event.

Mood

Feeling state not clearly linked to some event.

Affect

Automatic response that something is good or bad.

James-Lange theory of emotion

Physiological arousal precedes emotional experience.

Canon-Bard theory of emotion

Thalamus sends two simultaneous messages to produce emotional experience and physiological arousal.

Schachter-Singer theory of emotion

Emotion has two components: bodily state of arousal and cognitive label specifying the emotion.

Guilt

Moral emotion focused on action that is bad or wrong.

Shame

Emotion that spreads to the whole person, often destructive.

Affect balance

Frequency of positive emotions minus frequency of negative emotions.

Anticipated emotion

Guides decisions and choices by forecasting feelings.

Broaden-and-build theory

Suggests that positive emotions help in personal growth and development.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

States that some arousal is good for performance, but too much can hurt it.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and express emotions.

Affect Regulation

Strategies to alter one's emotional state for positive outcomes.

Excitation transfer

The misattribution of physiological arousal from one stimulus to another.

Cultural Differences in Emotion

How emotional expression and experience can vary between cultures.

Gender Differences in Affect Regulation

Different ways men and women typically manage and cope with emotions.