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| We experience an emotion because of our awareness of our physiological response. *Heart pounds, pupils dilate, blood pressure rises. |
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| suggests that emotions and physiological responses occur simultaneously but independently. |
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Schachter & Singer's Two-Factor Theory |
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For an emotional response to occur, the individual must: Be physically aroused AND Cognitively label the arousal. |
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| Arousal from a soccer match can fuel anger, which can descend into rioting or other violent confrontations |
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| What is the role of the amygdala in emotion? |
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It is the emotional control center in the brain's limbic system.
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| What is the link between emotional arousal and the autonomic nervous system? |
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| Emotions are both pyschological and physiological. The autonomic nervous system controls physiological arousal through its sympathetic(arousing) and parasympathetic(calming) divisions. |
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| Previous thinking led to the belief that releasing anger (in action or fantasy) could help reduce feelings of anger. |
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| How does operant conditioning influence rates of aggressive responding? |
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involves physical, cognitive, and emotional responses, appraisals, and attempts to cope with events (or stressors). |
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| How does the autonomic nervous system respond when we are confronted with environmental stressors? |
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—Heart rate increases
—Respiratory rate increases
—Blood is diverted to the skeletal muscles
—Blood sugar rises
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| How does the autonomic nervous system respond when the stressor is removed? |
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| What are Selye's 3 stages of the general adaption syndrome? |
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- alarm-panic sets in, high blood pressure, etc.
- resistance-stress hormones released
- exhaustion-body is depleted of resources (more vulnerable to disease, illness,etc.)
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| What stage of the general adaptation is our vulnerability to illness/injury the greatest? |
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| How does stress appear to increase risk of heart disease? |
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| Elevated blood pressure from getting upset/angry |
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