Psych Unit 3

The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers 1) physiological responses and 2) the subjective experience of emotion

The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle

Alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

- a response of the whole organism, involving 1) physiological arousal 2) expressive behaviors, and 3) conscious experience

The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging

- aerobic exercise, biofeedback, relaxation, meditation, and spirituality that may help us gather inner strength and lessen stress effects

Emotional experience along the two dimensions (pleasant/positive-versus-unpleasant/negative valence, and low-versus-high arousal)

The Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must 1) be physically aroused and 2) cognitively label and arousal

- an eating disorder in which a person (usually an adolescent female) diets and becomes significantly (15 percent or more) underweight, yet, still feeling fat, continues to starve

A personality disorder in which the person (usually a man) exhibits a lack of conscience for wrong-doing, even toward friends and family members. May be aggressive and ruthless or a clever con artist

A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania

An eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating, usually of high-calorie foods, followed by vomiting, laxative use, fasting, or excessive exercise

A rare somatoform disorder in which a person experiences very specific genuine physical symptoms for which no physiological basis can be found

A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Formerly called multiple personality disorder