Experience of Emotion

emotion regulation

ability to control and productively use one's emotions

affect

the experience of feeling or emotion

emotion

mental and physiological state that directs our attention and guides our behavior

motivation

driving force that initiates and directs behavior

health psychology

the study of the interface between affect and physical health; the principle that "everything that is physiological is also psychological"

Cannon-Bard theory

proposes that emotions and arousal occur at the same time

James-Lange theory

our experience of an emotion is the result of the arousal that we experience

Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer's two-factor theory

the arousal that we experience is basically the same in every emotion, and all emotions (including basic emotions) are differentiated only by our cognitive appraisal of the source of the arousal

misattribution of arousal

the tendency for people to incorrectly label the source of the arousal that they are experiencing

excitation transfer

the phenomenon that occurs when people who are already experiencing arousal from one event tend to also experience unrelated emotions more strongly

basic emotions

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise (some psychologists also include contempt)

cognitive appraisal

cognitive interpretations that accompany emotions

facial feedback hypothesis

the movement of our facial muscles can trigger corresponding emotions