Lecture Flashcards
What is an emotion( apa definiton)
A complex pattern of changes, including physiological arousal, feelings, cognitive processes, and behavioral reactions, made in response to a situation perceived to be personally significant
Define emotion ( hockenbury and hockenbury)
An emotions is a complex physiological state that involves three distinct components: a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response
What aspects do emotions have
Mental aspects
- subjective feelings and interpretations
Physical aspects
-racing heartbeat and tears
What is arousal?
A physiological reaction, including faster heartbeat and faster and heavier breathing, linked to most conscious emotions
What may make arousal states mislabeled or relabeled
An arousal may arise for one reason (i.e. increased pulse due to a purely medical resson) but get another label ( i.e. ‘it must be one of my panic attacks’) thereby producing a different reaction
What is excitation transfer?
Idea that arousal from one event can transfer to a later event
Define emotions as a body function according to OTPF
Regulation and range if emotions; appropriateness of emotions, including anger, love, tension and anxiety; liability of emotions
Define emotions as a performance skill according to the OTPF
Emotional regulation capacities can affect a client’s ability to effectively respond to the demands of occupation with range of emotions
What are freuds psychosexual states
Oral Anal Phallic Latency Genital
What does freedom refer to as frustration
Some people are not able to leave on stage and proceed to the next. One reason may be that the needs of the developing individual at any stage may not have been met
What does frued say is overindulgence
The persons needs may have been so well met that the individual’s reluctant to leave the stage for, its psychological benefits.
What does frustration and overindulgence lead to
Fixation
What voice do we have in our heads according to freud
The id, ego and superego
What are the voices in our head’s missions?
The id seeks pleasure
The super ego tries to uphold our highest values
The ego has to deal with both to find a way to operate in reality
What is Erikson’s psychosocial development theory about
Shaping identity