AP®︎ Psychology: Topic 4.7 Flashcards

Master key terms and definitions for Topic 4.7 of AP Psychology – Emotion to help you prep for quizzes and the AP exam.

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Emotion (Affect)

Definition

A complex psychological response to internal and external conditions involving physiological activity, cognition, subjective feeling, expression, and action tendencies

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Emotion (Affect)
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A complex psychological response to internal and external conditions involving physiological activity, cognition, subjective feeling, expression, and action tendencies

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Physiological-First Account of Emotion
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An emotion-producing stimulus causes physiological arousal, which precedes and helps produce the conscious emotional experience

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Simultaneous Account of Emotion
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An emotion-producing stimulus causes physiological arousal and conscious emotional experience at approximately the same time

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Cognitive-Labeling Account of Emotion
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A stimulus produces physiological arousal, whose context-dependent interpretation or cognitive label determines the specific emotion experienced

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Facial-Feedback Hypothesis
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The proposal that forming a facial expression can influence the corresponding emotional experience; research findings are mixed

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Broaden-and-Build Theory of Emotion
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Positive emotions tend to broaden awareness and possible actions, building lasting resources over time, while negative emotions tend to narrow attention and immediate responses

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Universality of Emotions
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The qualified proposal that anger, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, and fear show some cross-cultural commonality, although expression and recognition vary and findings are mixed

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Display Rules
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Socially learned norms governing whether, when, where, and how strongly emotions should be outwardly expressed

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Emotional Elicitor
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An event, object, condition, memory, or social situation that triggers an emotional response

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