Emotion and Stress

Question 1

limbic system

Answer 1

structures in brain that control emotion and memory

• hippo HAT ( hypothalamus, , amygdala, thalamus)
• regulates atomic and endocrine function in response to emotional stimuli

Question 2

3 elements of emotion

Answer 2

physiological response (HR, BP, breathing) , behaviour response (body language, facial expression), cognitive response (subjective interpretation of the feeling being expressed)

Question 3

hippocampus

Answer 3

short term memory into long term mem

• destroyed hippo –> long mess intake but can’t form any new long term ones

Question 4

hypo in emotional context

Answer 4

regulate ANS, hormones that can regulate physiological response

Question 5

unconscious (implicit emory) is called

Answer 5

emotional memory

Question 6

what does emotional memory do?

Answer 6

storage of the actual feelings of emotion associated with the event, when experincing a similar event later on, we retrieve from here

Question 7

explicit memory to conscious memory

Answer 7

the memory of experiencing the actual emotion: remembering that you were happy ( memories about the emotions) rather the stored emotions ( the implicit does the actual emotion storing

Question 8

prefrontal cortex

Answer 8

higher up things, distinguishes humans, growth and development after birth, behaviour in social settings, logical thinking, expressing personality

Question 9

left vs right prefrontal cortex

Answer 9

the left has more positive emotions and the right is more negative emotions

Question 10

dorsal prefrontal cortex

Answer 10

attention and cognition

Question 11

ventral prefrontal cortex

Answer 11

connects the regions of the brain responsible fro experienceing emotion

Question 12

ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Answer 12

decision making and controlling emotional responses from the amygdala

Question 13

James-lange theory

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emotions follow directly from bodily responses- person does not activley interpret their bodily responses in order to figure outthe emotion
- stimulus results in physiooical arousal whihc eads to secondary response which is an emotion

Question 14

Cannon-bard theory

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physiological response and feeling emotion happen at the same time
- hold cat = event –> sensory information sent to both SNS and the cortex simultaneously by the thalmus

Question 15

schacter-singer theory

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both arousal and labeling of the arousal based on the eviroment that one is in ( dinner party, lost ect) must occur in order for an emotionto be expereineced
- have to analyze the enviroment in relation to NS arousal

event holding cat–> physiological response –> identify the reason for the NS –> emotion

Question 16

i am afraid bc i see a snake and my heart is racing

Answer 16

cannon-bard

Question 17

i am afraid bc i see a snake and my heart is racing

Answer 17

cannon-bard

Question 18

I am happy bc my heart is racing and everyone else is happy

Answer 18

schachter-singer theory

Question 19

stress

Answer 19

or response to a stressor - less from the actual event and more from assesment of those events (appraisal)

Question 20

primary apprasial

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initial evaluation - focus of the actual threat and subjectivly evaluate the situation;

3 responses:

• irrelevant
• benigh-positive
• stressful

if it is negative (stresful) move on the 2 appraisal

Question 21

2nd apprasial

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evaluating if organism can cope

evaluating:

• harm; what has already been done
• threat; what futre damage could be caused
• challenge; how can the situation be overcome or countered

Question 22

stressors are classified as

Answer 22

causing distress (negative) or causing eustress (positive)

• while even eustress is positive, it causes one to change life and any event that causes change adds stress

Question 23

stress evel can be measured by

Answer 23

“life change units” in a system called the social readjustment rating scale

Question 24

general adaptation syndrome

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3 distinct stages

• alarm
• resitence stage
• exhaustion stage

Question 25

alarm stage

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activation of the SNS

- hypo–> ACTH, adrenal gland to release cortisol

Question 26

resistence

Answer 26

constant high levels of hormones, keep every high to keep fighting

Question 27

exhaustion

Answer 27

stress response gets damaged, more susectable to illness, leads to burn out