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| section of the nervous system that controls the functioning of the internal organs, such as the heart |
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| broaden-and-build hypothesis |
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| idea that a happy mood increases your readiness to explore new ideas and opportunities |
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| spontaneous expression that includes movement of both the mouth muscles and certain muscles near the eyes |
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| ability to perceive, imagine, and understand emotions and to use that information in decision making |
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| theory that emotion is merely our perception of autonomic changes and movements evoked directly by various stimuli |
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| very brief, involuntary expressions of fear, anger, or other emotions |
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| parasympathetic nervous system |
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| neurons located in the medulla and the bottom of the spinal cord; these neurons send messages to the internal organs to prepare the body for digestion and related processes |
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| uncommon condition with unknown cause in which the autonomic nervous system stops regulating the organs |
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| Schachter and singer's theory of emotions |
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| theory that the intensity of sympathetic arousal determines the intensity of an emotion but that cognitive factors determine the type of emotion |
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| sympathetic nervous system |
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| two chains of neuron clusters lying just to the left and right of the spinal cord; these neurons send messages to the internal organs to prepare them for a burst of vigorous activity |
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