Chapter 5 Flashcards
Jamesian
Emotions are adaptive; they have survival value
Each emotion must be accompanied by a unique pattern of bodily response
Jamesian critique
Body reacts slowly, and out perceptions of it are fairly inaccurate
People with spinal cord injuries can still have emotions
We don’t need the body to feel fear
Hohmann
The higher the lesion , the stronger the decrease in intensity for anger, fear, sexual excitement and grief
Bermond
Separate questions on intensity of physiological and subjective experience
Physiological experience lower, but not subjective experience
Chwalisz
No differences between spinal cord and control groups
Intensities of fear and love higher after injury
Preganglionic neurons
Cluster of neuron cell bodies and dendrites
Sympathetic division
Ganglia originate near spinal cord
Preganglionic fibers are short
Postganglionic fibers are long
Set up for widespread activation
Parasympathetic division
Ganglia near target organ (except head and neck)
Preganglionic fibers are long
Postganglionic fibers short
Set up for discrete regulation of organ function
HPA axis hormones and glands ?
Hypothalamus = CRH
Pituitary gland = ACTH
Adrenal gland = cortisol
looming gun experiment findings?
Heart rate decelerates
Reflects defensive orienting to potential threat
Psychophysiology as evidence of an emotion experience advantages ?
Not affected by social desirability
May provide information outside of conscious awareness
Identify how mental and physical health are related
Psychophysiology as evidence of an emotion experience disadvantage
Expensive
It can be unclear what it measures
Unclear what it means
Results stemmler
Fear ?
Heart rate up
Contractility of heart muscles (increased sympathetic arousal )
Respiration rate
Results Stemmler
Anger
Skin temperature up (especially on forehead)
Total peripheral resistance
Muscle tension in arm
Lipopolysaccharides
Broken down cell walls from infectious bacteria
