PSYC 2230 Lecture : Motivation-detailed lecture TWO
16 Feb 2012
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A lot of emotions people have are not very rational ex. Road rage (defense mechanism= overly stressed) over reacted due to frustration, depressed, helplessness, feeling of lost of control and wanting to control the situation. Reaction formation= people who over reacted and think they can overpower the other person. Our nervous system is divided into sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system. Bear or a gunman coming into the classroom increases the heart rate and get terrified. In time of emergency you re not thinking of food but the preservation of life. Your concentration is focused on what to do to survive. Parasympathetic nervous system helps you to recover from that situation. Difference in theories and don t pay attention to cognition. (1885) advocates that as a result of bodily responses to the object (bear), feelings of emotion (fear) occur immediately after the perception of something in the environment.
