PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Xerostomia, Vasodilation, Sympathetic Nervous System
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Emotion: acutely disturbed affective process which originates in psychological situation and which is revealed by marked bodily changes in smooth muscles, glands, and gross behaviour. Emotion is a disturbance: departure from a normal state of composure. Emotions are affective in that they are characteristically pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferently excited: affective implies bodily states are involved, emotion begins to occur when our attempt to cope fails disturbance. Emotions differ from simple feelings in that they originate in perception and memory rather than receptor stimulation. Emotions differ from intraorganic feelings in that they arise from psychological situations which always include an environmental factor, present or past: they implicate past experiences. Emotions are briefer and more intense than moods. Emotions are normal although they appear during pathological affects in persons with diff temperaments: i. e. prototypical situations may produce diff emotions in diff people. Two kinds of people and two intellectual traditions. Thinkers: problem solvers who face challenges and address needs.
