| A | B |
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| the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and | Cannon-Bard theory |
| Emotional release. In psychology, the hypothesis maintains that “releasing” aggressive energy ( through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges | catharsis |
| self-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. Used along with measures of objective well-being (for example, physical and economic indicators) to evaluate one’s life | subjective well being |
| the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself | relative deprivation |
| the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli | James-Lange theory |
| a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes) | polygraph |
| people’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood | feel-good, do-good phenomenon |
| our tendency to form judgments (of sounds, of lights, of income) relative to a “neutral;” level defined by our prior experience | adaptation-level phenomenon |
| a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and | emotion |
| Schachter’s theory that to experience emotion one must be (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal | two-facor theory |
