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8b Extra Flashcards

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Autonomic nervous system

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Mobilized the body for action and calms down in crisis

Two parts

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Two parts of autonomic

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Sympathetic- directions adrenal glands, ready for fight or flee
Parasympathetic- calms body down

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3
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Do different emotions have distinctly biological signatures

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No, except boredom

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What Braun activity is involved in deciphering differences among emotions

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Negative emotions linked to right hemisphere and positive linked to left

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Nucleus accumbens

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Light up when people experience natural or drug induced pleasure. When stimulated for depressed patients causes smiles laughter and euphoria

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Evidence for James Lange theory

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WWII veterans that cane deep nothing below beck reported decrease in emotional intensity

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Spill over effect

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Arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event

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Guilty knowledge test

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Assesses a suspects physiological responses to crime scene details known only to the police and guilty person

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Brains shortcut for emotions

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In a two track brain sensory input may be routed directly or amygdala (via thalamus) for an instant emotional reaction or to the cortex for analysis

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Duchenne smile

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Activated muscles under eyes and raised cheeks suggest a natural smile

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Are emotional expressions understood worldwide

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Yes

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Fear

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Alarm system that prepares our body to flee from danger

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Stone Age fears

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Snake spiders cliffs

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Phobias

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Intense fears of specific objects or situations that disrupt ability to cope

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How can anger benefit a relationship

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When expresses a grievance in ways that promise reconciliation rather than retaliation, communicate strength and competence

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T or F we tend to overestimate the duration or our emotions and underestimate our capacities to adapt

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True

17
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When does wealth pertain to happiness

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Once wealth meets our needs to be able to reach comfort and security, the increase correlation of wealth and happiness decreases

18
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Diminishing return phenomena

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Once have enough money for comfort and security piling up more and more money matters less and less, like second dessert matters less than first

19
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How to be happier

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Happiness may not come from wealth
Take control of time
Act happy
Seek work and leisure 
Join movement 
Body needs sleep
Priority to close relationships 
Focus beyond self
Coping blessings
Nurture spiritual self
20
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What factors does happiness not stem from

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Age
Gender
Parenthood (kids or not)
Physical attractiveness

21
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Stressor vs stress vs stress reaction

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Dangerous truck ride-stressor
Response- stress reaction
Prices which related the threat-stress

22
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Responses to stress

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Fight or flight
Paralyzation
Tend and befriend

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Alarm reaction

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Sudden activation or sympathetic nervous system, heart rate increase, blood goes to skeletal

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Resistance phase

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Temp blood pressure and respiration remain high, sudden hormone pour

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Exhaustion phase

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May deplete body’s reserves, vulnerable to illness or collapsing and death

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Catastrophes

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Unpredictable large scale events that appraised as threatening

27
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What Events provoke stress responses

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Catastrophes
Significant life changes
Dailey hassles

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Significant life changes

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Death of loved one loss of job home or marriage

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Dailey hassles

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Everyday annoyances may be most significant sources of stress

30
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Macrophage

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Big water which identifies persuades and inverts harmful invaders and worn out cells

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Natural killer cells

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Perdue diseases cells like those affected by viruses and cancer

32
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Immune system err in two directions

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Too strongly- may attach body’s own tissues

Too little- may allow dormant viruses to erupt like heroes and cancer cells

33
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Carcinogens

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Cancer producing substances

34
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Coronary heart disease is linked to which person Type

A

A

35
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How does stress make us more vulnerable for diseas

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Diverts energy from immune system, can influence disease progression

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