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16 Cards in this Set
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Self reports |
Fast & easy way to measure emotion but questionable accuracy because of bias and expectations |
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Behavioral observations |
Facial expressions - revealing but facial emotions can be repressed |
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Physiological methods for measuring emotion |
Autonomic nervous activity is objective and can be ambiguous |
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Sympathetic Nervous System |
•Increases heart rate, breathing rate, sweat production, and adrenaline release •Preparesbody for intense activity •"Fight or flight" •Crisis management center |
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Parasympathetic Nervous System |
•Decreases heart rate, digestion, etc. that keep organism healthy and alive •Long-term survival center |
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James-Lange Theory of Emotions |
The interpretation of a stimulus directly evokes autonomic changes. Psychological experience of emotion IS the individual's perception of those changes (ex. Happy because you are smiling) |
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Schachter & Singer's Theory of Emotions |
Physiological state is not the same as emotion. The intensity of physiological reaction determines the intensity of an emotion NOT the type of emotion. Cognitive appraisal determines emotion. |
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Pure Autonomic Failure |
Autonomic nervous system fails to regulate internal organs. People with PAF recognize situations that call for strong emotions but report less intense emotions |
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Criteria for emotion |
•Emerges early in life without experience •Universal across cultures •Unique biological basis and distinct facial expression |
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7 Basic Emotions |
•Happiness •Sadness •Fear •Disgust •Anger •Contempt •Surprise |
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Hans Selye Model of Stress |
Nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it. Considers change as a stressor but not chronic problems such as poverty |
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Lazarus' Method for measuring stress |
Our interpretation of the event and out reaction to it and the nature of other events in our lives |
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Direct effects of stress vs. indirect |
Direct: •Prolonged exposure to cortisol that damages the hippocampus (memory) and inhibits immune system function Indirect: •Loss of sleep, substance abuse, anxiety •Long-term damage in health |
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Problem Focused Coping |
Effective for stressor you can change. Gain control and sense of prediction |
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Emotion focused |
Effective for uncontrollable short-term stressors |
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Cognitive Repraisal |
Rediscover what's important or growing/changing in a good way |
