Psychology of Emotion CH 7 & 8

a general expectation that "something bad might happen," without identifying any particular danger

drugs that relieve anxiety

neurological system that responds to a frightening situation by increasing attention while inhibiting action and decreasing heart rate

hand and body gestures that have specific meanings within a given culture

experience in which the dread is directed toward a specific object or event

involuntary, momentary emotional expressions that contradict the intended impression of calmness

set of measurements based on the assumption that people get nervous when they lie and, therefore, show increased heart rate and blood pressure, rapid and irregular breathing patterns, increased skin conductance, or increases in other sympathetic nervous system activities

proposal that people and other animals are evolutionarily predisposed to learn some things (including fears) more easily than others

a gene for a protein that "recycles" serotonin after it has been released into the synapse, bringing it back into the presynaptic axon terminal. The "long" form of part of this gene facilitates high transporter protein production; the "short" form less so

an intense and overwhelming fear of social interactions

enhancement of the startle response in a frightening situation as compared to a safe one

reaction to a sudden loud noise or other strong stimulus in which the muscles tense rapidly, especially the neck muscles, the eyes close tightly, the shoulders quickly pull close to the neck, and the arms pull up toward the head

a type of an anxiolytic

the emotional state associated with feeling injured or offended, and with a desire to threaten or hurt the person who offended you

theory that anger and reactive aggression are enhanced by any unpleasant event or aversive condition

(as a principle of sympathetic magic) the idea of "once in contact, always in contact"

emotional reaction to a violation of community standards

emotional response to an object that threatens your physical purity, such as feces, rotting food, or unclean animals

proposal that anything that interferes with one's ability to obtain some expected gratification leads to aggressive behavior

harmful behavior motivated by anger and the events that preceded it

harmful or threatening behavior used purely as a way to obtain something or to achieve some end

experience relating to violations of right and wrong

an attempt to restore friendship after a fight (physical or verbal), and to prevent further hostility

the ability of people to overcome the effects of extremely unfavorable environments

(as a principle of sympathetic magic) the idea that if something looks similar, we treat it similarly

a temporary experience; in the context of emotion, the experience of an emotion in the present moment

steroid hormone more common in males than females, important for male sex-related behaviors

task in which two words (one of which might be aggressive) flash briefly on the screen, one above the other. Then a dot appears in the same position as one of them, and the person must press a key as quickly as possible to indicate whether the dote appeared in the upper or lower position

a long-term characteristic of a person; in the context of emotion, one's overall frequency and/or intensity of certain emotional states

task in which a target word appears briefly in the center of the screen, surrounded by three other words. Then the target word and three new words appear, and the task is to locate the target word