Chapter 3 Flashcards
Primary emotions
Emotions that are considered to be universal and biologically based.
Secondary emotions
Emotions that are specific to certain cultures.
Facial Feedback
The process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.
Mirror Neurons
Brain cells that fire when a person or animal observes others carrying out an action; they are involved in empathy, imitation, and reading emotions.
Display rules
Social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person may express (or suppress) emotions.
Emotion work
Expression of an emotion, often because of a role requirement, that a person does not really feel.
General adaption syndrome
According to Hans Selye, a series of physiological reactions to stress occurring in three phases
- alarm
- resistance
- exhaustion
HPA (hypothalamus - pituitary adrenal cortex) axis
: a system activated to energize the body to respond to stressors.
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)
The study of the relationships among psychology, the nervous and endocrine systems, and the immune system.
Locus of Control
A general expectations about whether the results of your actions are under your own control
Primary control
An effort to modify reality by changing other people, the situation, or events: “fighting back philosophy”
Secondary Control
An effort to accept reality by changing your own attitudes, goals, or emotions; a “learn to live with it” philosophy.
Emotion
A state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies toward action.
