8b Extra Flashcards
Autonomic nervous system
Mobilized the body for action and calms down in crisis
Two parts
Two parts of autonomic
Sympathetic- directions adrenal glands, ready for fight or flee
Parasympathetic- calms body down
Do different emotions have distinctly biological signatures
No, except boredom
What Braun activity is involved in deciphering differences among emotions
Negative emotions linked to right hemisphere and positive linked to left
Nucleus accumbens
Light up when people experience natural or drug induced pleasure. When stimulated for depressed patients causes smiles laughter and euphoria
Evidence for James Lange theory
WWII veterans that cane deep nothing below beck reported decrease in emotional intensity
Spill over effect
Arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event
Guilty knowledge test
Assesses a suspects physiological responses to crime scene details known only to the police and guilty person
Brains shortcut for emotions
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
Duchenne smile
Activated muscles under eyes and raised cheeks suggest a natural smile
Are emotional expressions understood worldwide
Yes
Fear
Alarm system that prepares our body to flee from danger
Stone Age fears
Snake spiders cliffs
Phobias
Intense fears of specific objects or situations that disrupt ability to cope
How can anger benefit a relationship
When expresses a grievance in ways that promise reconciliation rather than retaliation, communicate strength and competence
T or F we tend to overestimate the duration or our emotions and underestimate our capacities to adapt
True
When does wealth pertain to happiness
Once wealth meets our needs to be able to reach comfort and security, the increase correlation of wealth and happiness decreases
Diminishing return phenomena
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
How to be happier
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
What factors does happiness not stem from
Age
Gender
Parenthood (kids or not)
Physical attractiveness
Stressor vs stress vs stress reaction
Dangerous truck ride-stressor
Response- stress reaction
Prices which related the threat-stress
Responses to stress
Fight or flight
Paralyzation
Tend and befriend
Alarm reaction
Sudden activation or sympathetic nervous system, heart rate increase, blood goes to skeletal
Resistance phase
Temp blood pressure and respiration remain high, sudden hormone pour
Exhaustion phase
May deplete body’s reserves, vulnerable to illness or collapsing and death
Catastrophes
Unpredictable large scale events that appraised as threatening
What Events provoke stress responses
Catastrophes
Significant life changes
Dailey hassles
Significant life changes
Death of loved one loss of job home or marriage
Dailey hassles
Everyday annoyances may be most significant sources of stress
Macrophage
Big water which identifies persuades and inverts harmful invaders and worn out cells
Natural killer cells
Perdue diseases cells like those affected by viruses and cancer
Immune system err in two directions
Too strongly- may attach body’s own tissues
Too little- may allow dormant viruses to erupt like heroes and cancer cells
Carcinogens
Cancer producing substances
Coronary heart disease is linked to which person Type
A
How does stress make us more vulnerable for diseas
Diverts energy from immune system, can influence disease progression
