PSYCH 5 Chapter 4: Ch. 4 Emotions Notes
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A. joy, surprise, contempt, sadness, anger, disgust, fear. Physiological factors and emotion: when person has strong emotions, bodily changes occur. Increased heart rate: rise in blood pressure. Increase in adrenalin: elevated blood sugar, slowing of digestion, dilation of pupils, flooding impedes problem solving, gottman research with intense discussions/arguments and couples. !2: emotional intelligence: the ability to identify and manage one"s own emotions while being sensitive to others" emotions, positively correlated with high self-esteem, life satisfaction, and self-acceptance. Verbal expression: sometimes words are necessary to express feelings, there isn"t much agreement about what emotions are, or about what makes them basic. It is important to use language that represents degree of intensity. In uences on emotional expression: personality, there is a clear relationship between personality and the way we experience and express emotions, extroverts tend to report more positive emotions, neurotic individuals tend to report more negative emotions.