Emotional Health Flashcards
What are the five components of emotion?
- Dedicated neural system
- Subjective feeling
- Physiological changes
- Cognitive changes
- Behavioral response
What are the seven basic emotions?
Happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust, and contempt
What are altruistic lies?
Lies we tell to ease social feelings and interactions
How well do lie detectors work?
Success rate 54% of the time
- they don’t work for people that are upset or cold-blooded
How can you catch a liar?
Ask them to say the story backwards while remaining eye contact.
What is James-Lange Theory?
- Physiological reactions (Autonomic Nervous System) help label a specific emotion (Cerebral Cortex)
“I’m afraid because I’m shaking”
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?
- Thalamus makes emotion (Cerebral Cortex) and physiological responses (Autonomic Nervous System) act out simultaneously
“I’m shaking and afraid”
What is Schacter-Singer Theory?
- Physiological reactions help label a specific emotion with the help of it’s context
“Dog is dangerous, I am afraid”
What is the Lazarus Model Theory?
- Identifying whether something is a threat or not will then make out whether you will have your physiological (Autonomic Nervous System) and emotional (Cerebral Cortex) response
“Is the dog dangerous in this situation? Yes. I’m afraid. No. I’m not afraid.”
Does venting and talking out one’s feelings of anger increase or decrease anger?
INCREASES
What is psychoneuroimmunology?
Studies the relationship between health and stress
What are B-cells?
Mature in bone marrow and make antibodies
What are macrophages?
Large white blood cells that envelop and destroy invaders
What are Helper T-cells?
Mature in thymus gland
