Emptions And Mood 21.02.2 3 Flashcards
What is emotion
A mind and body’s integrated response to a stimulus
How do we show emotion?
- Physiological arousal
- Expressive behaviours
- Conscious experience
what is arousal?
An increase in reactivity or wakefulness to prime is for an event
What is the cannon-bard theory?
Emotion arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger a physiological response and a subjective experience
Why is the schachter-singer theory?
To experience emotion one must be physiologically aroused and be able to cognitively label that arousal
what is the processing of emotion - top down or bottom up?
Top down processing
How many basic emotions are there?
10
What are the 10 basic emotions
- joy
- surprise
- sadness
- anger
- disgust
- contempt
- shame
- fear
- guilt
- excitement
What is hemispheric lateralisation?
- emotions circum to this
Positive emotions - left hand side brain
Negative emotions - right hand side brain
What is the difference between mood and emotion?
Long term emotional states rather than discreet, fleeting feelings
define mania?
Elevated out of keeping with the patient’s circumstances. Increased energy and speech. Decreased need for sleep. Reckless behaviour
Hypomania - slightly less severe version - able to work and study etc…
