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Psychology 5/e Book Cover
Psychology, 5/e
Lester M. Sdorow, Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, University of Redlands
Emotion

Chapter Outline

  1. The Biopsychology of Emotion
    1. The Autonomic Nervous System and Emotion
      1. The Polygraph Test
        1. Thinking Critically About the Media: Do Lie Detectors Tell the Truth?
      2. Issues in Lie Detection
      3. The Guilty Knowledge Test
    2. The Brain and Emotion
      1. The Limbic System and Emotion
      2. Hemispheric Specialization and Emotion
    3. The Chemistry of Emotion
      1. Hormones and Emotion
      2. Endorphins and Emotion
    4. Staying on Track: The Biopsychology of Emotion
  2. The Expression of Emotion
    1. Heredity and Facial Expression
    2. Culture and Facial Expressions
    3. Staying on Track: The Biopsychology of Emotion
  3. The Experience of Emotion
    1. Happiness
      1. Social-Comparison Theory
      2. Adaptation-Level Theory
    2. Humor
      1. Disparagement Theory
      2. Incongruity Theory
      3. Release Theory
    3. Staying on Track: The Experience of Emotion
  4. Theories of Emotion
    1. Biopsychological Theories of Emotion
      1. The James-Lange Theory of Emotion
      2. Psychology Versus Common Sense: Do Emotional Experiences Depend on Physical Responses to Emotional Situations?
      3. The Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
      4. The Opponent-Process Theory of Emotion
    2. The Facial-Feedback Theory of Emotion
    3. Cognitive Theories of Emotion
      1. The Two-Factor Theory of Emotion
        1. Anatomy of a Research Study: Do Emotions Depend on The Attribution of a Cause for Our Physiological Arousal?
               (1.) Rationale
               (2.) Method
               (3.) Results and Discussion
      2. The Cognitive-Appraisal Theory of Emotion
    4. Staying on Track: Theories of Emotion









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