Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Electrodermal Activity, Prefrontal Cortex, Human Brain

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Jackson

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Emotion%20stress%20health%20outline. pdf: emotion, definition, components of the experience of emotion. Psych factors: cognitive processes, cultural/social factors, primary emotions, all biologically linked: Eyebrows may appear to be nearly horizontal with wrinkles stretched between brows, sides of lips pulled, see whites of eyes: anger. Inner corners of eyebrows are pointed down and together, whites of eyes shown, contract lower eyelids, lips may be tightly pressed together: sadness. Some things that cause some people stress does not cause other people stress: basic schematic of how people stress, situation appraisal(interpretation) coping stress, chart, stressor characteristics demands internal processes coping behaviours. Stress depends on the intensity of the challenge (ex. Loss of a loved one vs. standing in line at tim"s: research shows daily hassles can have just as big of an effect on one"s health than major life events/challenges. Ability to deal with situation: effects of both internal processes in chart, physical effects of stress, gas.