Unit 4 part 3 vocab test emotion-behavior feedback effect

emotion

a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and most importantly (3) conscious experience resulting from ones interpretations

Polygraph

a machine used in attempts to detect lies; measures emotion-linked changes in perspiration, heart rate, and breathing

Facial feedback effect

the tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness

Behavior feedback effect

the tendency of behavior to influence our own and others' thoughts, feelings, and actions

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

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Schachter-Singer Theory

"Two Factor Theory" that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal.

Zajonc-Ledoux Theory

some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious appraisal

Lazarus

Cognitive appraisal sometimes without our awareness defines emotion