Ch 11: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

A state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies or actions

Question 2

What were Ekman’s 7 basic emotions?

Answer 2

1. Happiness
2. Surprise
3. Sadness
4. Anger
5. Disgust
6. Fear
7. Contempt

Question 3

What are the functions of facial expressions?

Answer 3

1. Fosters communication and signals intentions to others
2. Enhance infant survival: Infants look to parents to guide their behavior
3. Emotions reflect internal feelings and also influence how we feel

Question 4

facial feedback

Answer 4

The process of which our facial muscles send messages to the brain about basic emotions being displayed

Question 5

Facial Feedback Study

Answer 5

• Participants hold a pencil in between lips or teeth which mimics muscles used for frowning and smiling.
• They were then asked to rate how funny cartoons were
• The teeth participants found the cartoons more amusing than the lips participants
• Suggest that facial expressions can affect our emotional experience

Question 6

The Amygdala and emotion

Answer 6

responsible for assessing a threat and scrutinizes info for its emotional importance.

Question 7

The Cerebral Cortex and Emotion

Answer 7

It can override the amygdala’s initial appraisals and generates a complete picture.

Question 8

Prefrontal Cortex and Emotion

Answer 8

Left Prefrontal: Approach emotion

Right Prefrontal: Escape Emotion

Question 9

Mirror Neurons

Answer 9

Brain Cells that fire when observing another person or animal carrying out an action

Question 10

What Hormones are released while experiencing emotions?

Answer 10

1. Epinephrine

2. Norepinephrine

Question 11

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 11

Phase 1 ALarm: Body mobilizes the SNS and releases adrenal hormones
Phase 2 Resistance: Physiological responses continue while your body is more vulnerable to more stress
Phase 3 Exhaustion: Persistent stress depletes the body of energy increases blood pressure causes hypertension

Question 12

Locus of control

Answer 12

A general expectation about whether the results of your actions are under your control

Question 13

How to let go?

Answer 13

1. Confession: acknowledging emotions

2. Forgiveness: Release of emotions

Question 14

Emotion-Focused Coping

Answer 14

Trying to reduce negative emotions so they won’t interfere with life

Question 15

Problem- Focused Coping

Answer 15

Taking steps to solve the problem. Planning, seeking support, and carrying out actions.

Question 16

3 Coping Methods

Answer 16

1. Reappraising the situation by shifting negative thinking to positive
2. Learning from the stressor by focusing on the skills you learned from the stressor.
3. Making social comparisons by comparing yourself to the less fortunate and the fortunate