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emotions Flashcards

1
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emotions influence

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how we act

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2
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mood influences

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how we perceive

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3
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aspects of dimensional theories on emotion

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valence & intensity

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4
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Eckman argues for

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discrete (primary) emotions

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5
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amygdala acts as coincidental

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detectors; learning association between things

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6
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high road to fear

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sensory system to thalamus - cortex - amygdala

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low road (faster)

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sensory - thalamus - amygdala

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low road allows for

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fast, below level of conscious, associations. doesn’t discriminate subtleties

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9
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high road

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slower, but more sophisticated. learn your fear

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10
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amygdala is not only important for fear, but also

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emotional learning, value and evaluation, decision-making

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11
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where does subjective feeling of fear happens

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prefrontal cortex (increase and decrease of activity)

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12
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PAG

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main recipient of activity from amygdala. interphase emotional-physiological response

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13
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we tend to direct emotions and reaction to…

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living entities

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14
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repeated social interactions…

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leads to more reciprocity and fairness

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15
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frustration is stronger when it’s a

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near miss; potent motivator to get closer to your goal

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16
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when is near misses most effective for frustration to motivate behavior?

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when near-misses happen 1/3 of the time

17
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near miss effect on individual with gambling disorder

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the effect is the same, but much stronger

18
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prefrontal lobotomy invented to

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reduce disruptive behavior

19
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acquired sociopathy

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emotional dysregulation. in some dementia

20
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executive dysfunction more likely in which side?

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right side

21
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stress immunization

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becoming more resilient to stress; from exposure to controllable stress

22
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exposure to uncontrollable stress

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learnt helplessness

23
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stress is an adaptive response to

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threat

24
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stress is beneficial when

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acute

25
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stress is detrimental when

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chronic

26
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executive functions in stress

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lowered

27
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habits and skills in stress

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elevated

28
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immune system in acute stress

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is suppressed

29
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Yerkes-Dodson curve

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Relationship between stress/arousal and performance (inverted U)

30
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catecholamines

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dopamine and norepinephrine

31
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low level of catecholamines

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PFC fire less and more dispersed

32
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moderate level of catecholamines

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more firing in PFC, more discriminating and directed

33
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high level of catecholamines

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PFC silenced; habitual behavior is improved (amygdala, basal ganglia, hypothalamus)

34
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burnout thins

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prefrontal cortex; losing synapses (not neurons), weakening connections

35
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ADHD acts on similar systems to stress

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i.e. catecholamine release in the PFC and executive function

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