PSYO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Amygdala, Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorder

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 121
• Professor: Derrick Wirtz

Document Summary

Valence: how positive or negative the experience is. Arousal: how active or passive the experience is. Emotion: a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity. James-lange theory: stimulus triggers activity in the body, which in turn produces an emotional experience in the brain: emotional experience is the consequence not the cause of our reactions. Two factor theory: emotions are based on inferences about the causes of physiological arousal. Appraisal: an evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus: the amygdala is critical to making these appraisals, amygdala presses the emotional gas pedal and the cortex then hits the breaks. Emotion regulation: the strategies people use to in uence their own emotional experience. Suppression: involves inhibiting the outward signs of emotion. Affect labeling: putting ones feelings into words. Reappraisal: changing ones emotional experience by changing the way ones things about the emotion-eliciting stimulus. Emotional expression: an observable sign of an emotional state.