Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Group Psychotherapy, Specific Phobia, Reduced Affect Display
28 Oct 2013
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Three distinctive components of emotion that interrelate: physiological: changes in the autonomic nervous system resulting in respiratory, cardiovascular, and muscular changes, cognitive: alternations in consciousness (e. g. attention levels, behavioral: consequences of certain emotions. Anxiety: not an immediate danger to physical safety but rather our psychological well being future orientated. Fear: immediate danger to your safety or well-being present orientated. Fight or flight response: prompts a person to either flee from a dangerous situation or stand and fight; physiological symptoms and the body"s preparation to respond to danger. Panic: extreme fear reaction triggered even though there is nothing to be afraid of a false alarm . Anxiety used to be covered under neurosis category. Believed there was a difference between objective fears and neurotic anxiety: neurotic anxiety: signal to the ego that an unacceptable drive is pressing for conscious representation. Anxiety occurred when defense mechanisms failed to repress painful memories, impulses and thoughts.
