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| Interpret others facial reations into different categories of emotions |
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| Humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that can combine in complex ways |
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| Emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli |
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| An emotion-provoking event leads simultaneously to an emotional and bodily reaction |
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| more likely to feel emotions that correspond to you facial featues |
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| disciple that has sough to emphasize human strengths (love, happy, life satisfaction) |
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| motivated by internal goals |
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| motivated by external goals |
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| Ventral Prefrontal Cortex |
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| lower frontal lobe--can inhibit emotional responsed |
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detects negative/aversive stimuli or consequences
Recieves input from sensory brain areas and outputs to the frontal lobe |
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| active when we detect positive/ reinforcing stimuli or consequeces |
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| certain drives like sex,hunger motivate us to minimize aversive status. we want psychological homeostatis thirst>hunger |
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| U-shaped relation between arousal % affect/preformance...if not aroused we dont preform...if over aroused stressed |
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| once we receive reinforcement for preforming a behavior we expect that reinforcement again |
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| plays a role in initiating eating (brain craves food not stomach) |
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| Ventromedial Hypothalamus |
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| seems to indicate when to stop eating |
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| tension,discomfort, inablitly to cope |
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| major life events, depression & anxiety, blocking off drives (not eating, sleeping) |
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| 3 Phases of General Adaptation Syndrome |
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| Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion |
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| high level of arousal, sensing stress, 3 exams spring into action |
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| high level or arousal & motivation to get things done. Body & mind try to counteract stress |
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| negative effect on immune system b/c cranked into action |
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| released chemcials as a biological response to alarm activating anterior pituitary gland |
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| activateds adrenal cortex |
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| released to regulate immune system |
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| thrill seeking more stress |
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| all disorders manifest in an individual with some genetic predispositions, however that person must endure a period of stress that aggrevates symptoms |
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| view of mental illness hear voices-- evil spirits in body |
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| mental illness treated with asylums |
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| modern asylums with same treatment |
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| Diagnostic&Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) |
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| manul that diagnosis disorders--bipoloar,hypomaniac,postpartdum |
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| person was insane during crime |
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| exp physcial symptoms that suggest an underlying medical illness but its actually physiological orgin |
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| think they are suffering from serious physical disease |
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| nervous feeling escalates to fear |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
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| 60% of day worrying, normal is 18% |
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| fear of being in a place where leaving is embarassing |
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| fear of making public appearances |
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| Depersonalization Disorder |
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| inability to recall important personal info |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) |
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| rare, controversal, MUltiply personalities, abuse kid |
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Positive Symptoms: marked by presence (Hallucinations-usually auditory-
delusions, paranoia)
o Negative Symptoms: marked by absence (Flattened mood, lack of movement,
lack of motivation)
o Cognitive Symptoms: disordered thought (word salad, short attention span, brain
degeneration, psych slowness)
o Explanations for Schizophrenia: Diathesis-Stress model fits well. Some
schizophrenics develop the disorder after experiencing family related trauma.
Schizophrenia is also heritable.
Also biological factors- increased dopamine presence in mesolimbic
pathway (too much dopamine made, glutamate in frontal lobe signals too
much dopamine release) |
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| personality marked by superficial charm, dishonesty, risk taking |
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| area in the limbic system flooded w/ dopamine when we engage in reinforcing activties |
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