PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Emotional Dysregulation, Electrodermal Activity, Sympathetic Nervous System
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Emotions discrete experiences in a specific situation. Traits, or dispositional tendencies to chronically experience certain feelings. Associated with distinct subjective feelings or affects. Accompanied by bodily changes, mostly in the nervous system. Accompanied by distinct action tendencies, or increases in probabilities of certain behaviors. People differ in emotional reactions, even to the same event, so emotions are useful in making distinctions between persons. James-lange theory) assumed that different emotions have distinct patterns of physiological responses. Evidence shows that most emotions activate the sympathetic nervous system, leading to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and skin conductance (sweaty hands) Communicate internal states to others facial expressions, voice tone. Influence other"s behaviour social interaction, close relations. It is particularly responsive to threatening stimuli: studies in humans when watching emotional pictures, reactive to positive and negative stimuli. Antecedent event cognitive appraisal of event emotional experience emotion of expression. Tap into emotional experiences and perceptions: make people emotional, mood inductions.
