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Biopsych: Stress
Patterson 2011
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2011

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Term
Common Sense View
Definition
1. Perception of event
2. Feeling of Fear/Anxiety/Stress
3. Physiological
Term
James-Lange Theory
Definition
1. Perception of bear
2. Physiological Reactions
3. Feeling of Fear
*Directly elicited by situations and that feelings of emotions are produced feedback from these behaviors and responses.
Term
Cannon-Bard Theory
Definition
*Emotional experience and emotional expression are parallel processes that have NO direct causal reation
1. Perception
2a. Physiological Reaction
2b. Feeling of Fear
Term
Prediction of James-Lange Theory
Definition
Without autonomic and somatic feedback, people would have no emotion
Term
Prediction of Cannon-Bard Theory
Definition
Person does no need autonomic and somatic feedback to be aware of emotions
Term
Limbic System
Definition
- activated by physiological stressors
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Term
Limbic System
Definition
*activated by physiological stressors*
- hippocampus
- amygdala
- hypothalamus
- olfactory bulb
Term
Emotional experience
Definition
CORTEX limbic activity
Term
Emotional Expression
Definition
HYPOTHALAMUS and limbic system
Term
Decreasing activity in amygdala....
Definition
Process of pre-frontal cortex
Term
Definition of Stress
Definition
Non-specific physiological reaction caused by the perception or detection of aversive or threatening situations that may jeopardize some homeostatic functions
Term
Hormones Released Following Stress?
Definition
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- Synthesized in ADRENAL CORTEX
Term
Kluver Bucy Syndrome
Definition
Removal of temporal lobes =
- flat affect (emotion)
- consumption of nearly everything edible
- increased by inappropriate, sexual activity (often inaminate objects)
- tendency to repeatedly investigate same objects
- tendency to investiage objects with mouth
- lack of fear
Term
Sympathetic NS Responses
Definition
- Release of norepinephrine
- Innervates adrenal medulla, which releases epinephrine/norepinephrine (adrenaline/noradrenaline)
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