PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Autonomic Nervous System, Positive Psychology, Thematic Relation

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Lanora Duell

Document Summary

Introduction to emotion: emotions are psychological responses to the whole organism involving an interplay among physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience, theories of emotion address two major questions: Emotional feelings follow our body"s response to emotion-inducing stimuli: cannon-bard theory. Our physiological response to an emotion-inducing stimulus occurs at the same time as our subjective feeling of the motion: schachter-singer two factor theory. Emotional arousal and autonomic nervous system: arousal regulated by autonomic nervous system. Secrete stress hormones adrenal glands decrease secretion of stress hormones. Experiencing emotion: caroll izard"s 10 basic emotions. Joy, interest-excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, shame, and guilt: catharsis - emotional release. Expressing anger can make us anger: subjective well-being - your perception of being happy or satisfied. Happy people tend to be healthy, energized, and satisfied with life, and are more willing to help others (feel-good, do-good phenomenon: positive psychology. Focus on wellbeing; positive character; and positive groups, communities, and cultures.