PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Autonomic Nervous System
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Emotions were originally thought to originate in the mind. Emotions occurred after an emotionally exciting event which then generates bodily changes. William james proposed an alternative view: that the body is the organ of emotions. He proposed that bodily changes occur with the perception of an event and then our state of emotions follow after an interpretation of our bodily responses. This view calls us to ask 5 important questions: 2) do bodily changes of heart rate, breathing, and the like support specific kinds of. The autonomic nervous system increasing digestive processes. Parasympathetic: helps w. restorative processes, reducing heart rate & blood pressure & Sympathetic: increases heart rate, blood pressure, & cardiac output & shuts down digestive processes, to help the individual to engage in physically demanding actions. Autonomic system: maintains the internal condition of the body, to enable adaptive response to varying environmental events. It controls processes such as digestion, body fluids, blood flow, & temperature.
