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30 Cards in this Set
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Emotion
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- Behavioral reactions (frowning, smiling) - Physiological arousal (heart pounding) - Cognitive processes (thoughts, expectations) Made in response to a situation perceived to be personally significant |
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Paul Eckman
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Eventually added a 7th (contempt) Shame was not included in original 6 because it did not have a universal facial expression |
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Original 6 Emotions
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Disgust, Fear, Joy, Anger, Sadness, Surprise
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Emotional responses are determines in part by 3 things |
1. Thoughts: awareness or cause of situation 2. Values: both personal and cultural 3. Expectations |
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Why are emotions difficult to study?
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They rely on self-report instruments like surveys & people can be dishonest |
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Peripheral-feedback theory of emotion
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James-Lange Emotion occurs after body is physiologically aroused |
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Centralist Theory of Emotion
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Cannon-Bard Arousal, behavior & emotion occur simultaneously |
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Emotional Regulation
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process by which we modify the intensity or duration of our emotions |
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Peripheral-feedback theory of emotion is WRONG because...
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i.e. paralyzed people |
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Stress
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Reaction to harm or threat |
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Stressors
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Events or stimuli that induce stress |
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Short-term (acute) stress is ___________ Long-term stress is _________ (negative) |
Long-term is maladaptive |
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Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome
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The pattern of nonspecific adaptational physiological mechanisms that occurs in response to continuing threat by almost any serious stressor Resistance Exhaustion (risk of disease increases) |
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Hypothalamus controls ________ and activates the _________________
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controls the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and activates the pituitary gland
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Adrenal glands release _________ & __________
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Cortisol & Epinephrin |
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Prolonged elevation of cortisol is related to |
- impaired immune system |
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Stress can cause illness such as |
- Diabetes - Infertility - Cancer - Cardiovascular disorders - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Gastric Ulcers |
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Acute Stressors |
Improve the immune system |
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Chronic Stressors |
Impair the immune system |
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Psychoneuroimmunology |
Study of the interaction between psychological factors, the nervous system, and the immune system |
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Emotional reaction to stress largely depends on how we _____________________
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Interpret it |
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Examples of stressors |
- Traumatic events - chronic stressor - Daily hassles |
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2 major approaches for coping with stress |
2. Emotion-focused coping |
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Problem-focused coping |
- through action or problem solving - undertaking a response that is appropriate for removing or lessening the threat |
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Emotion-focused coping |
- you cannot eliminate the source of stress - acknowledging that there is a threat to your well-being and taking steps to modify that threat |
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Personality Type A (prone to heart problems) |
- over achiever - things done on time |
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Personality Type B (less health problems than other types) |
- relaxed - laid back - flexible - analytical |
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Personality Type C (prone to cancer) |
- not assertive - suppress wants, needs & desires |
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(prone to depression) |
- fear of rejection - prone to depression |
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Resources for healthy living
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- Cognitive reappraisal - Relaxation training - Social support - Stress inoculation training |
