PSC 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
The Destructive Force of Hostility
● Fight & flight system
○ Designed to protect us from physical threats
○ The sabertooth tigers of today are not a threat to our safety
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● Emotion - “to move”
○ Emotions move us
○ E- motion
■ Behavior
■ Physiology
● What is an emotion?
○ Subjective feeling
■ Ex: sad, mad, or glad
○ Physiological
■ Heart rate, blood pressure, skin temp, sweating of hands
○ Expressive
■ Verbal, posture, smiling (facial expression)
○ Glad, sad, mad, scared
■ Anger, fear, sadness, joy
● 6 basic emotions
○ Fear
○ Anger
Document Summary
Designed to protect us from physical threats. The sabertooth tigers of today are not a threat to our safety. Heart rate, blood pressure, skin temp, sweating of hands. Take good artery from diff part of body to replace bad artery. Family history (tends to run in family) Heart disease is more common in males. Cholesterol levels increased in april (when taxes are due) Found in both retrospective & in prospective studies. An emotion that ranges from mild irritation to intense fury & rge. Aggression is behaviour that is intended to cause harm or injury to another person or damage to property. Hostility is a set of attitudes & judgments that motivate aggressive behaviour. Anger is the main component of aggressive behavior & acts of violence. Aggression is usually the result of excited emotional states of anger & frustration. Anger, the emotion, is not a problem. What one does w/ anger can be.
