PSYCH 112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Positive Illusions, Hedonic Treadmill, Homeostasis
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Emotion: mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences. Discrete emotions theory: theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in their biology. Primary emotions: small number (perhaps seven) of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross-culturally universal. Display rules: cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions. Cognitive theories of emtion: theories proposing that emotions are products of thinking. James-lange theory of emotion: theory of proposing that emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli. Somatic marker theory: theory proposing that we use our gut reactions to help us determine how we should act. Cannon-bard theory: theory proposing that an emotion-provoking event leads simultaneously to an emotion and bodily reactions. Two-factor theory: theory proposing that emotions are produced by an undifferentiated state of arousal along with an attribution (explanation) of that arousal.
