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| a response of the whole organism, involving: (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience. |
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| the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. |
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| the theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simulatneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotions. |
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| Schachter-Singer's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label that arousal. |
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| Controls physiological arousal. |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| division of ANS. Directs adrenal glands atop the kidneys to release stress hormones epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline), which increases heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| Division of ANS. Inhibits stress hormone release, gradually diminishing arousal. (stress hormones stay in blood for a little while after secretion is slowed). think: Para-paralyze-calm. |
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| cluster of neurons near the frontal lobes (on each hem). Plays important role in laughter, addiction, happiness, aggression & fear. Activates when people experience natural and drug induced pleasure. |
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| sometimes our arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the following events. |
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| a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration, cardiovascular, and breathing changes). |
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| Ran expiriments. Found that you can experience emotion unconsiously, before cognition. |
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| processes emotion and stimuli quickly. |
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