PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Impulsivity
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Physiological reactions in negative emotions, easy to track: easy to understand function of negative emotions, fear and anger physiological signatures, thoughts and emotions get focused on object of fear and anger, reinforce it, something in environment provoking need for response, emotions evolve to specific environment demands attack. Barb fredrickson why some people"s emotional response is longer than others: stress hardiness = resilience, pre measure resilience high resilience vs. low resilience (don"t like surprises, situation in lab 60 seconds to prepare a speech very stressful, impromptu, no difference in magnitude of response for hr and lr, but hr and lr differ in duration hr return to baseline quicker. Negative spiral vs. positive spiral: we all have both, if reactions are dominated by negative emotions, more focus and attention about negative things > anxiety about anxiety > negative spiral, positive spiral > get more social support, reduce stress response, experience better performance, health.
