Stress and Emotions

Question 1

Major Theories of Emotion

Answer 1

James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Lazarus Cognitive, Appraisal, Shachter-Two Factor

Question 2

James Lange

Answer 2

body sensation then emotion

Question 3

Cannon Bard Theory

Answer 3

body sensation and emotion - same time

Question 4

Lazarus Cognitive Appraisal - primary/secondary/reappraisal

Answer 4

emotions are universal - but difference in how interpreted. if you think its bad - emotions follow and vice versa.
Primary - evaluation of situation
Secondary - evaluation of resources
Reappraisal - monitors and adjusts if necessary

Question 5

Brain mechanisms involved

Answer 5

cerebral cortex, amygdala, hypothalamus

Question 6

cerebral cortex

Answer 6

left side - governs happiness, and positive emotions = damage severe depression, anxiety, aggression
right side - mediates sadness, fear, and damage is indifference apathy, emotional lability/undue cheerfulness and joking

Question 7

amygdala

Answer 7

attaches emotion to memory - evaluates incomoing senory infor and mediates response.

Question 8

hypothalamus

Answer 8

translates emotions into physical response

Question 9

General Adaptation Syndrome

Answer 9

mediated by adrenal and pituitary glands :alarm, resistance, exhaustion

Question 10

chronic stress - affect on health

Answer 10

lowers resistence to disease. Prolonged sress is attributable to elevated levels of corticosteroids which compromise the immune system by decreasing T cells and lowering immune defences

Question 11

Allostatic Load Model

only amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in this model

Answer 11

takes the person into consideration - “the brain is the key organ of stress … because it determines what is threatening and therefore stressful, and also determines the physiological and behavioral responses [to stress]

Question 12

allostatis

Answer 12

process by which the body can adapt to change from stress

Question 13

allostatic state

Answer 13

can be maintained for a while as body adjusts

Question 14

allostatic overload

Answer 14

adverse affect on mental and physical health. the nature of allostasis and consequences of allostatic load vary from person to person due to several factors, including differences in genetic makeup, resilience, and perceptions about the controllability of the stressor.

Question 15

Schachter’s Two Factor Theory

Answer 15

experience of emotion to physiological arousal followed by assigning a cognitive label to that arousal - cogntive interpretation of event