PSYC18H3 Lecture : PSYC18 -Lec 5.doc
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Instinct = don"t use it anymore (b/c more tied to animals) Shift to the self from religion (john locke) Really talking about feelings not emotions (change it on slide) Medium = optimal (shows how feelings relate to feelings) Guys on action team = focus on the brain. Behaviourism and cognitivism = bandwagons with action model. Emotions exist b/c they have evolutionary adaptation. Disfuctional when arousal level is too high/low. Early 1900"s looking at psychology and physiology. Emotions = feel emotions and then react to them to survive (adaption) Looking at implication of feeling on arousal (thyroid gland = looking at hypothryoidism) 79% body vibrates (no emotion), 21% felt emotion (were worried by something = didn"t feel the viration, just the emotion) = when injected with adredline. Body work togehter to create emotional state. Key: threshold (women more sensitive, menstral cycles) Psych motive = people came to lab with situation (e. g. worried about someone"s health.
