PSYCH 9B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Limbic System, Dual Process Theory, Language Disorder
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Emotion and cognition ex: anger, fear, sadness, happiness ex: remorse, guilt, shame, love, jealousy primary emotions: innate, evolutionarily adaptive, universal secondary emotions: blends of primary emotions. Emotion: an immediate, speci c negative or positive response to environmental events or internal thoughts. Moods: diffuse, long-lasting emotional states that do not have an identi able object or trigger. Arousal: used to describe physiological activation or increase autonomic responses (increased brain activity, sweating, heart rate) A person"s interpretation of physical changes leads that person to feel an emotion. Physical changes occur in distinct patterns that translate directly into speci c emotions. Perceive speci c patters of bodily responses and as a result of that perception, feel emotion ex: see a bear > heart pound > feel fear. Autonomic nervous system is too slow to account for the subjective feelings of emotions. Mind is quick to experience, while the body is much slower.
