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Psychology
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11/19/2012

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James-Lange theory
Definition
Experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion- arousing stimulants.
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Cannon-Bard theory
Definition
-Emotion arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger: 1. phyiological responses 2. Subjective experience of emotion.
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Schachter’s two-factor theory
Definition
To experience emotion one must: 1. be physically aroused 2. Cognitively label the arousal.
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Polygraph
Definition
A machine, used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the pysiological responses accompanying emotion.
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Yerkes-Dodson law
Definition
-Performance usually best an optimum level of arousal.
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Amygdala
Definition
a primary role in the processing of memory and emotional reactions
- more activity when seeing fearful faces
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Prefrontal cortex
Definition
-Deperession-prone people more activity in this part of the brain.
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Sympathetic nervous system
Definition
-Directs your adrenal glands to release the stress hormones adrenaline and nonadrenaline.
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Parasympathetic nervous system
Definition
Calms your body after a crisis.
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Adrenalin
Definition
many functions in the body, regulating heart rate, blood vessel and air passage diameters, and metabolic shifts; epinephrine release is a crucial component of the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system
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Noradrenalin
Definition
-affects parts of the brain, such as the amygdala, where attention and responses are controlled
-underlies the fight-or-flight response, directly increasing heart rate, triggering the release of glucose from energy stores, and increasing blood flow to skeletal muscle
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Oxytocin
Definition
ts roles in sexual reproduction, in particular during and after childbirth
- various behaviors, including orgasm, social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, and maternal behaviors.
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Stanley Schachter
Definition
proposed the two factor theory of emotion. He said emotions have two ingredients: physiological arousal and a cognitive label.
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Autonomic nervous system
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-mobilizes your body for action and calms it when the crisis passes.
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Brain involved in arousal
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-Depression prone people= Right frontal lobe activity
-Positive moods= Left frontal lobe activity
-Fearful faces= Amygadala
-Disgust= Right prefrontal cortex
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