13: Emotions 2 + Stress 1

Question 1

What is the amygdala responsible for?

Answer 1

The amygdala is responsible or our emotional lives; particularly responds to fear/anxiety stimuli

Also involved in anxiety/mood disorders

Question 2

What is the basolateral complex? What does it do?

Answer 2

IT’s the bundle of nerves on the outer part of the amygdala.
- pairing emotions with a memory // classical conditioning

Question 3

What is the central nucleus connected to? What does it do?

Answer 3

The central nucleus is connected to the hypothalamus and endocrine system. It’s also involved in the sympathetic nervous system.

• coordinates bodily reactions to stressful stimuli; helps prepare the body for fight/flight

Question 4

What are the 7 (8) universal emotions?

Answer 4

Happiness
Surprise
Sadness
Fright
Disgust
Contempt
Anger

(Pride)

Question 5

How do we gather emotional information? What matters when determining emotion?

Answer 5

We gather emotional information from various sources:
Face, body language, vocalization,

Context HEAVILY matters when determining emotions.

Question 6

How does culture influence our emotions?

Answer 6

While emotions are universal, Culture influences when we show emotions!

Ex/ americans showed disgust when watching a car crash infront of other, but japanese people pretended to be fine

Question 7

What is a display rule?

Answer 7

A Display rule is a norm for appropriate emotional expression.

Ex/ that one olympic athlete who won second and was annoyed. She v iolated a display rule

Question 8

Define Stimulus-Based Stress and Response-Based Stress:

Answer 8

Stimulus based Stress:
- anxiety surrounding tasks usually
- Feeling overwhelmed by the amount of intensity of work
-STRESS IS OUR RESPONSE to stressors THAT WE ENCOUNTER

Response-Based Stress:
- Ant event that increases cortisol levels in the human body
- A sudden feeling of a rapid heartbeat and sweaty palms indicates stress
- Stress is A PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE invoked when the body is sent out of equilibrium

Question 9

Describe the RESPONSE-BASED DEFINITIONS OF STRESS. What term was coined? What system? What’s the goal?

Answer 9

Fight of Flight response
Sympathetic nernous system invovled:
- Epinephrine/norepinephrine (immediate adrenaline)
- Pupils dialate, heart rate increases, breathing, etc.

The goal is to maintain homeostasis - optimal physiological for fight/flight

Question 10

RESPONSE BASED DEFINITION: Describe the “Sympathetic Adrenal Medullary System” (SAM)

Answer 10

• Sees stimulus
• Thalamus sends signal to hypothalamus, which then sends a signal to the kidneys, or specifical the adrenal gland
• adrenal gland (squishy middle part) gets signal through nervous system and squeezes out epinephrine (adrenaline)

THis happens instantly, as it uses the central nervous system

Question 11

RESPONSE BASED DEFINITION: Describe the “Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis” (HPA)

Answer 11

• sees stimulus
• Hypothalamus sends signal to pituitary gland through the blood stream (endocrine system), This is why it’s slower
• Pituitary gland released adrenocorticotrophic hormone. This hormone travels to kidneys, or more specifically, the adrenal cortex (outer layer)
• Adrenal cortex, and squeezes out CORTISOL (AKA main stress hormone)

Question 12

What is cortisol? What does it do?

Answer 12

Cortisol is our main stress hormone. It increases blood sugar, regulates blood pressure, redirects blood flow, and suppreses immune finction

This is all in an attempt to SURVIVE