PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Parasympathetic Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, Positive Psychology
19 Dec 2016
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***Only pages 460-487 as per Dr. Campbell
-Emotion
-a response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal,
expressive behaviours, and conscious experience
-the historical James-Lange Theory suggested that our experience of
emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion
arousing stimuli
-the historical cannon-Bard Theory suggested that an emotion arousing
stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the
subjective experience of emotion
-the present day two-factor theory suggests that to experience emotion
one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal
-the spillover effect ponders whether arousal from one event can spill
over into another causing more intense emotion
-in crisis the sympathetic nervous system is activated
-it preforms tasks like dilating pupils, ^ salivation, perspiration, ^
respiration, ^ HR, inhibits digestion, secretes stress hormones from
adrenal glands, reduced immune function
-when crisis passes the body returns to the parasympathetic nervous
system
-it contracts pupils, decreases salivation, skin dries, rep. rate decreases,
heart slows, digestion activates, decrease in production of stress
hormones, immune sys function enhanced
-a lot of our communication of emotion is nonverbal
-eyes, facial expression and body language tell a lot
-the facial feedback effect is the tendency of facial muscle states to
trigger corresponding feelings
-ie. smiling makes you happy
-the behaviour feedback effect is the tendency of behaviour to influence
our own and others’ thoughts feeling and actions
-catharsis is emotional release
-in psychology, catharsis hypothesis maintains that releasing caressive
energy relieves aggressive urges
-can be achieved through action or fantasy
-the feel-good-do-good phenomenon is peoples tendency to be helpful
when in a good mood
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A response of the whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviours, and conscious experience. The historical james-lange theory suggested that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli. The historical cannon-bard theory suggested that an emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion. The present day two-factor theory suggests that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal. The spillover effect ponders whether arousal from one event can spill over into another causing more intense emotion. In crisis the sympathetic nervous system is activated. It preforms tasks like dilating pupils, ^ salivation, perspiration, ^ respiration, ^ hr, inhibits digestion, secretes stress hormones from adrenal glands, reduced immune function. When crisis passes the body returns to the parasympathetic nervous system. It contracts pupils, decreases salivation, skin dries, rep. rate decreases, heart slows, digestion activates, decrease in production of stress hormones, immune sys function enhanced.
