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What are physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience?
3 components of an emotional experience.
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What is the sympathetic nervous system?
The nervous system responsible for physiological arousal.
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What is nonverbal?
Communication and expression without words.
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What is instinct?
An unlearned behavior which has helped a species survive.
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What is insulin?
Hunger hormone secreted by the pancreas that controls blood sugar.
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What is the James-Lange Theory?
Theory that believes emotions are a consequence of how we interpret physiological arousal.
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What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
The nervous system responsible for calming us down and digestion.
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What are gestures?
These express emotions, but vary in meaning across cultures.
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Who is Abraham Maslow?
A humanistic psychologist who believed that we needed to satisfy certain basic needs before we could try to self-actualize.
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What is the set point?
The body's homeostatic weight; when you go above or below this weight it tries to compensate.
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What is the Cannon-Bard theory?
Theory posits that our physical arousal and our subjective experience occur simultaneously.
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What are perspiration, respiration rate, and heart rate?
A polygraph attempts to detect lies by measuring these physical changes associated with anxiety.
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Who are women?
Population that tends to be more sensitive to emotional cues and express more emotion.
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What is arousal theory?
Theory that there is an optimum level of arousal where we become motivated for different tasks.
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What is serotonin?
Neurotransmitter that increases when we eat carbohydrates.
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What is the amygdala?
Some sensory input travels directing to this part of the brain without an appraisal to provide an instant emotional reaction.
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What is the right frontal lobe?
Part of the brain that seems to be associated with depression and general negativity.
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What are facial expressions?
These emotional expressions seem to be consistent cross-culturally.
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What is affiliation need?
An innate central motivation for human behavior, which increased humans ability to survive and adapt.
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What are arousal, friends, serving size, selection, prominence?
List 3 of 5 situational influences on eating.
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Who is Lazarus?
Believed that our thoughts or appraisal always defines our emotion.
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Who is Carroll Izard?
The psychologist who identified 10 basic emotions.
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What is the facial feedback effect?
The reason that intentionally changing our facial expression or mimicking another's expression can change our emotions.
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What is ostracism?
Painful exclusion from a group.
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What is genetics, and culture?
______ generally contributes to an individuals weight relative to others, whereas _____ contributes to group weight differences.
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