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Emotion And Stress Flashcards

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The first pair of Ekman’s universal emotions

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Happiness and sadness

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Expression of happiness

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Smiling and wrinkling of one’s brows

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Expression of sadness

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The corners of the mouth are lowered and the inner side of the brows are raised

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Expression of surprise

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Opening on;es eyes wide, thereby raising the eyebrows, and optionally by opening one;s mouth slightly

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Expression of fear

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Involves widening the yes and raising one’s eyebrows, but with lips retracted backwards towards the ear

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Expression of anger

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Expressed by lowering one’s eyebrows, pressing one’s lips together, and glaring

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Expression of disgust

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Shown by wrinkling one’s nose and possibly lifting up one’s upper lip

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Eva an originally proposed 6 universal emotions but later on argued a 7th one? What is it and how is it facially expressed?

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Contempt. Pulling a corner of the mouth upwards

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What general region of the brain is associated with emotion? Which specific organ is mainly associated with emotion?

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Limbic system; amygdala

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This organ is an important link between the nervous and endocrine system. The amygdala has neurons that project to this organ

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Hypothalamus

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These 2 organs both play important roles in translating between stimuli, conscious perceptions, and the physiological manifestations of emotion.

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Amygdala and Hypothalamus

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Emotions like anxiety and fear are associated with activation of the sympathetic nervous system. What are the effects of “fight or flight” response activation?

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Dilation of pupils, increased conductivity of the skin, reduced peristalsis and less blood flow to the muscles responsible for digestion, and increased blood sugar levels.

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The 3 components of emotion

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Cognitive, physiological, and behavioral

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Three main theories that have been proposed to account for links among the cognitive, physiological, and behavioral components are

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James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and Schachter-Singer theories of emotion.
*also know the Lazarus theory

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James-Lange theory of emotion

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Stimulus -> Physiological response -> emotional response

We perceive the physiological response as emotion

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How is the Schachter-Singer theory an improvement of Jame-Lange

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It added cognitive appraisal of the context

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Outline of emotion with the Schachter-Singer theory

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Stimulus -> physiological response -> appraise that response in context -> conscious emotion and/or behavior

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Cannon-Bard theory outline of emotion

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Stimulus -> physiological response and emotional response in the brain happen SIMULTANEOUSLY and SEPARATELY -> emotional response

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What is the difference between the Schachter-Singer and Lazarus theory?

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Lazarus theory includes cognitive labeling but says it comes first before the physiological response while for Schachter-Singer theory, contextual appraisal is highly linked to physiological response

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These type of stressors are outside of our control

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Independent stressors

Ex. Cataclysmic events, unexpected illnesses, car accident through no fault of one’s own.

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Type of stressors that are impacted by our own behaviors and to some extent are therefore, within our control

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Dependent stressors

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Avoidance-avoidance conflict

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Have to choose between 2 bad options

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Approach-approach conflict

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Have to choose between 2 good options

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Approach-avoidance conflict

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Have to make a decision that has both upsides and downsides

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Double-approach avoidance conflict

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Have to choose between 2 options that each have upsides and downsides

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The discrepancies that exist in the degree to which certain things stress people out

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Stress appraisal

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Refers to the process through which a person sees a certain event as a threat or a stressor

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Primary appraisal

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Refers to a person’s assessment of his or her ability to deal with that stressor

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Secondary appraisal

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A form of stress that has a negative effect on you

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Distress

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Refers to positive stress

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Distress
*when stress brings out the best in us
Can also be graduation, employment, marriage

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Refers to stressors that don’t have much impact on you one way or another.

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Neustress- neutral stress

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The outline provided in the concepts known as General Adaptation Syndrome

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Alarm -> Resistance -> Exhaustion

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Described as the initial response to stress. A stage in which the nervous system become activated to marshal the fight-or-flight response needed to deal with an acute stressor

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Alarm

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This stage is mediated by the steroid hormone cortisol, which is responsible for chronic stress response

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Resistance

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The stage in which body’s resources will be drained at which points= the body becomes more vulnerable to the long-term negative side effects of stress.

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Exhaustion

36
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Chronic stress may serve as a ____________ variable for observe relationships between lower socioeconomic status and higher rates of negative health outcomes

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Mediating

37
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Repeated exposure to stressors that one is unable to change or avoid can lead to this phenomenon

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Learned helplessness

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Learned helplessness has been linked to psychiatric conditions such as

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Depression

39
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Which hormones are produced in the adrenal cortex

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Cortisol and epinephrine

40
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Physiological response to chronic stressors

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Cognitive and behavioral response to chronic stressors

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Learned helplessness

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