TEST 3: Emotion, Stress, and Health

Question 1

Identify the major theories of emotion and describe how they differ.

Answer 1

-JAMES-LANGE: body changes lead to emotion (shark, heartbeat, fear)
-CANNON-BARD: body changes and emotion happen together (shark, heartbeat & fear) THALUMUS
-SCHACHTER-SINGER: thoughts about body changes causes emotion (shark, heartbeat, thought, fear)
-COGNITIVE-APPRASIAL: thoughts about a stimulus lead to emotion (shark, think, fear)

Question 2

Identify some of the neurophysiological bases of emotion.

Answer 2

-Emotions are linked with ANS activity (heart rate, breathing)
-Amygdala is involved in emotion (processes emotional significance of stimuli)
-Orbitofrontal cortex is involved in the processing of emotional cues (damage causes inappropriate reactions)

Question 3

Define stress, stressors, and coping.

Answer 3

Stress: responses to a stimulus
Stressor: internal or external event that causes stress
Coping: process of dealing with stress

Question 4

Outline the general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

Answer 4

1. Alarm: stress leads to the activity of the sympathetic nervous system
2. Resistance: prolonged stress leads to adaptation
3. Exhaustion: long-term stress has a negative impact on health

Question 5

Explain how stressors relate to health problems.

Answer 5

Long-term stress lowers resistance to disease and healing