PSYCH 3BA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Amygdala, James W. Pennebaker, Prefrontal Cortex
12 Mar 2014
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Chapter 7 making the most of emotional experiences. Emotion-focused coping: discovering the adaptive potential of emotional approach. 20th century, emotions seen as dysfunctional and worked against rationality: correlation between greater emotion-focused coping and poorer life outcomes deemed invalid. Emotional approach: active movement toward a stressful encounter: behavioural activation system: regulates our appetitive motivation, which helps us realize emotional or behavioural rewards, behavioural inhibition system: functions to help us to avoid negative events and punishment. The amygdala plays a significant role in our thought processes during more stressful times. Emotional intelligence: learning the skills that make a difference. Mowrer; emotion was a high order of intelligence : adapting to life circumstances required cognitive abilities and emotional skills that guide behaviour, three core components, appraisal and expression, regulation, utilization. Need skills to be able to perceive and express feelings. Considered a threshold competency for the other three branches. Using emotions and emotional understanding to facilitate thinking.
