EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Flashcards
a complex psychophysiological experience that involves physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious understanding
emotions
involves thinking, as well as the physical body
psychophysiological
it guides us in facing predicaments and tasks too important to leave to intellect alone
emotions
three functions of emotions
preparing us for action
shaping our future behavior
helping us to regulate social interaction
function of emotion that link between external events and behavioral responses
preparing us for action
function of emotion that acts as reinforcement
shaping our future behavior
function of emotion that allow observers to better understand us
helping us to regulate social interaction
biological component starts with the state of what
AROUSAL
is believed to first arouse the cortex and then maintain its wakefulness so that sensory information and emotion can be interpreted more effectively
the reticular activating system
branch of the autonomic nervous system that sends signals to the adrenal gland in order to prepare the body to act or react following an emotion-evoking event (PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL)
sympathetic nervous system
branch of the autonomic nervous system that helps in the increase in heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar rises, etc.
sympathetic nervous system
branch of the autonomic nervous system that keeps the body from expending energy
parasympathetic nervous system
is a state when an individual’s cognitions are overpowered by his/her emotions
emotional hijacking
in emotional hijacking, a center in the limbic system, the amygdala, the seat of all emotions in the brain, takes over what
the neocortex
theories of emotion
cannon-bard theory james-lange theory schachter and singer theory (two factor theory) facial feedback theory lazarus theory (appraisal theory)
theory where the emotional states occur at the same time in response to the event
cannon-bard theory