emotion and stress unit

Question 1

what is stress

Answer 1

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

Question 2

stressors

Answer 2

catastrophes, life changes and hassles

Question 3

intervening factors

Answer 3

appraisal, perceived control, personality, social support, coping behaviors.

Question 4

stress reactions

Answer 4

physiological, emotional, behavioral

Question 5

stress appraisal

Answer 5

after being involved in a stressful event you either take it as a threat or a challenge.

Question 6

general adaptation syndrome

Answer 6

alarm phase
resistance
and exhaustion

Question 7

alarm

Answer 7

pupils dilate, fast heart rate, rise in blood pressure, digestion slows, adrenaline is released

Question 8

resistance

Answer 8

if exposure to stressor continues, strain occurs and you experience physical symptoms

Question 9

exhaustion

Answer 9

glands are taxed and become unavailable to secrete hormones. reached the breaking point, may develop delusions

Question 10

approach approach

Answer 10

choose between two good options

Question 11

avoidance avoidance

Answer 11

choose between 2 disagreeable consequences

Question 12

approach avoidance

Answer 12

situation that has both a good and a bad consequence

Question 13

double approach avoidance

Answer 13

choose between multiple options, each has good and bad aspects

Question 14

the 3 reactions to stress

Answer 14

emotional, behavioral and cognitive

Question 15

emotional reaction

Answer 15

anger, anxiety, frustration, irritable, fear

Question 16

cognitive reaction

Answer 16

difficulty concentrating and thinking, making decisions

Question 17

behavioral reaction

Answer 17

nervous habits, loss of appetite, aggression, fight situation

Question 18

burn out

Answer 18

physical, emotional and mental exhaustion

Question 19

type a person vs type b

Answer 19

type a is focused, driven, anger prone, competitive and type b is relaxed, easy going

Question 20

stress and disease

Answer 20

persistent stressors-> stress hormones-> heart disease, immune suppression or autonomic nervous system effects. (or unhealthy coping methods)

Question 21

psychophysiological illness

Answer 21

mind body illness, headaches and hypertension

Question 22

locus of control

Answer 22

external: learned helplessness
internal: cope

Question 23

how can we promote health?

Answer 23

aerobic exercise
bio feedback
religion
optimism
social support

Question 24

what are emotions?

Answer 24

emotions are a mix of bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, conscious experience and feelings

Question 25

5 theories of emotion

Answer 25

James Lange
Cannon Bard
Schachter Singer 
Zajonc Ledoux
Lazarus

Question 26

James Lange

Answer 26

heart rate, then fear and then your body feels.

physiological activity precedes the emotional experience.

Question 27

Cannon bard

Answer 27

heart rate increases at the same time as you feel fear. arousal and emotion at the same time.

Question 28

Schachter singer

Answer 28

physiology and cognitions create emotions. emotions have two factors; arousal and cognitive label.

Question 29

spill over effect

Answer 29

an arousal response to one event can spill over into our response to the next event.

Question 30

Zajonc ledoux

Answer 30

our emotions are instantaneous and happen before a cognitive label. some emotions are so strong it misses the cognitive appraisal.

Question 31

Lazarus

Answer 31

some emotional responses don’t require conscious thinking. every time we experience an emotion we have cognitive appraisal we just don’t know it.

Question 32

facial feedback effect

Answer 32

changing our outward expressions of emotion can affect how you feel inwardly.

Question 33

behavior feedback

Answer 33

moving your body and changing your body language can change how you feel inwardly too.

Question 34

Catharsis

Answer 34

anger: emotion release

hypothesized that releasing aggressive energy helps but it leads to the increase feeling of anger.

Question 35

happiness

Answer 35

feel good do good!
being helpful to others makes you feel great
same if you are in a bad mood, helping others makes you feel better.

Question 36

adaptation level phenomenon

Answer 36

tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience.
ex: winning lottery will make u happy but not for long.