Chapter 12b:

Question 1

Emotions help us to…

Answer 1

Respond to important situations

convey our intention to others

Question 2

What is the four-part process to emotions?

Answer 2

1. ) Physiological arousal ( nervous system signals the release of neural transmitters)
2. ) Cognitive interpretation ( Thinking about how your feeling)
3. ) Subjective feelings ( How does it feel to have what ever emotion it may be)
4. ) Behavioral expressions (smiling, yelling)

Question 3

Why do emotions exist?

Answer 3

emotions have survival value and have been shaped by natural selection.

Question 4

Biological mechanisms of emotions include:

Answer 4

The limbic system
The cerebral cortex
The autonomic nervous system
Hormones

Question 5

Emotion occurs through two neuroscience pathway ways:

Answer 5

Unconscious emotional processing: 
- quick response to cues before consciousness
- brain circuitry that operates automatically
-acts as an early warning system
AUTMOTAIC NUERAL PATHWAY:
slower generation of emotion
relies on cerebral cortex
allows for anticipatory emotions

Question 6

James Lange Theory:

Answer 6

stimulus –> physiological response –> emotion

see a spider –> sweet, shake, cry –> fear

Question 7

Cannon-bard theory:

Answer 7

emotional feeling and physiological response occur at the same time.
see a spider, get sweaty and faster pulse, fearful simultaneously

Question 8

Two-Factor-Theory?

Answer 8

Emotion results from cognitive appraisal of both:
1.) physical arousal and
2.) emotion provoking stimulus
see the spider, get sweaty and faster heartbeat, and recognize spiders are scary; therefor you are afraid

Question 9

Sensation seekers:

Answer 9

these people need a higher level of stimulation to perform at their best

Question 10

As task level increases what happens to physiological stimulation

Answer 10

decreases.