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| emotional experience = CONSEQUENCE of our physiological reactions to objects and events in the world |
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| a stimulus simultaneously triggers activity in the autonomic nervous system and emotional experience in the brain |
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| stimulli trigger general physiological arousal whose cause the brain interprets, and this interpretation leads to emotional experience |
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| stimulli trigger general physiological arousal whose cause the brain interprets, and this interpretation leads to emotional experience |
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| evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus. ex: when our brain has to decide that a bear is something to be afraid of |
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| making appraisals is ____'s primary job |
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| If visual info doesn't reach the amygdala... |
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| then its emotional significance can not be assessed |
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| there is increased activity in the limbic system and decreased activity in the cortex when we... |
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| increased cortical activity and decreased limbic activity when |
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| changing one's emotional experience by changing the meaning of the emotion-eliciting stimulus;;changing the way one thinks about an object or an event; one of the most effective strategies for emotion regulation. |
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| an observable sign of an emotional state |
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| process by which people predict their emotional reactions to future events |
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| Darwin's Universality hypothesis |
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| emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone. ex: happiness expressed with a smile |
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| facial feedback hypothesis |
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| emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they signify |
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| norms for the control of emotional expression |
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| the purpose for and cause of an action |
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| poitive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity |
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| the notion that all people are motivated to experience pleasure and avoid pain. (dentist example: people visit the dentist willingly and experience pain only because it is pleasurable in the long run) |
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| an internal state generated by departures from physiological optimality |
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| what is the primary receiver of hunger signals? |
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| ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) |
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| receives anorexigenic signals ( turn hunger off); when damaged---> gorge themselves to eat way more |
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| receives signals that turns hunger on (orexigenic signals), when damaged ---> starve themselves to death |
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| why does damage to the VMH increase hunger/eat more? |
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| increased insulin production, more of meal turns into fat |
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| anorexics have very high levels of ghrelin in their blood BUT |
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| ghrelin switches hunger on , but the hunger's call is being suppressed, ignored, or overridden. |
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| what is the hormonal basis for sex drive? |
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| testosterone (in both males and females) |
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| a motivation to take actions that lead to reward. ex: work hard for money to pay rent, floss teeth to avoid gum disease, take an exam to get a degree |
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| motivation to take actions that are themselves rewarding. ex: eating a french fry for the taste, listen to music cause it sounds good |
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| motivation to experience a positive outcome |
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| motivation not to experience a negative outcome |
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