PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Psych, Pupillary Response, Frontal Lobe

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Judith Shedden

Document Summary

70% were middling: showed moderate amounts of pleasure and distressed. Behaviourally inhibited children slow to start conversation with unfamiliar adult or peer seldom smile spontaneously with unfamiliar other slow to relax in unfamiliar situations. Hr up during stress, or when stand up. Pupillary dilation under stress: about the magnitude of the size, their eyes open wider. Higher right frontal cortex activation: right frontal lobe which is associated with negative emotions such as fear and anxiety, positive emotions are reflected by a higher level of electrical activity in the left frontal lobe. More allergies: involvement of the immune system, can be made worse from psychological factors. All the children worked with were caucasian and male so it is not clear how well these findings generalize across gender and ethnic groups somatotype: argues that there is a relationship between personality type and body shape.