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Unit 8 (Module 41 (Emotion: a response of the whole organism involving…
Unit 8
Module 41
Emotion: a response of the whole organism involving 1)physiological response 2)expressive behaviors and 3) conscious experience
James-Lange Theory- The theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli.
Cannon-bard theory- The theory tat an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers 1) physiological responses and 2) the subjective experience of emotion
Two Factor Theory- The Schachter- Singer Theory that to experience emotion one must 1) be physically aroused and 2) cognitively label the arousal
Zajonc- believed that some embodied responses of emotions happen instantly, without conscious appraisal
Polygraph- a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses
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Emotional Arousal- elated excitement and panicky fear involve similar physiological arousal. This allows us to flip rapidly between two emotions.
Module 44
Psychophysiological illness: literally mind-body illness; any stress related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.
Psychoneuroimmunology – the study of how psychological, neural and endocrine and processes together affect the immune system and resulting health
Lymphocytes: the two types of white blood cells that are part of the body‘s immune system:
B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that fight bacterial infections;
T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue and attack cancer cells, viruses and foreign substances
Coronary heart disease: the clogging of the battles that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developing countries.
Type A: Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive and anger prone people
Type B: Friedman and Rosa men’s term for easy-going, relaxed people
Stressed people are more vulnerable to getting sick, liver and heart diseases
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Module 42
Facial Expressions are the most universal language, with women and introverts being better at reading people.
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Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as challenging or threatening
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