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Psych 130 Lecture 10
midterm 2
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Psychology
Not Applicable
10/13/2007

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What are anxiety disorders?
Definition
Disruptions to the fear system
Term
What are the six basic emotions?
Definition
  1. fear
  2. happines
  3. disgust
  4. surprise
  5. anger
  6. sadness
Term
From the genetic stand point, what is the emotion that keeps us alive and the first emotion that appeared in living organisms?
Definition
Fear
Term
What pathology is the result of too much fear?
Definition
phobia
Term
What pathology is the product of a life where there is too little fear?
Definition

1. Impulsivity family of disorders

2.  antisocial personality disorder

Term
Impulsivity family of disorders
Definition
where you put yourself in danger all the time
Term
Anti-social personality
Definition
Where people do not have a fear of punishment
Term
What is the evolutionary effect of sadness
Definition
It enables us to give comfort and care to others
Term
What happens to one's facial expression when one is experiencing fear?
Definition
  • eyebrows - go up and come together
  • eyes - upper eyelid goes up and the lower eylid goes down
  • mouth - goes straight back
Term
Why do people have such a wide range of phobias?
Definition
Humans can develop fears to anything that has been associated with the fear response. Fear is exquisitely conditionable.
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