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AP Psych Unit 8 (rated 100% accurate).James Lange ANS - Our emotions are the cognitive registering of the physiological reactions we have.
Awareness of our physical responses to emotion arousing stimuli
Cannon Bard ANS - The emotion arousing stimuli simultaneously triggers our physiological responses
and our subjective experience of emotion
Two-Factor Theory ANS - Schachter and Singer. Emotions have two ingredients, physical arousal and
cognitive label
-Emotion grows from awareness of our bodies
arousal
-Conscious interpretation of our physiological arousal is needed to identify the emotion
Autonomic Nervous System ANS - Mobilizes body for action and calms it when crisis passes
Sympathetic division ANS - Affects adrenal glands to release epinephrine and norepinephrine
-Liver adds sugar to blood stream
-Respiration increases to burn sugar to supply oxygen
-Heart rate and blood pressure increases, digestion slows as blood is diverted from organs to muscles
-Blood in muscles makes running easier
-Pupils dilate to let in more light
-Perspiration to cool body
-Blood clots more quickly if wounded
Parasympathetic Division ANS - Calms body, no more release of hormones. Arousal is adaptive. TOO
LITTLE = Sleepy, TOO MUCH = Body taxed. Need moderate amount.
, Physiological Similarities ANS - Sometimes, different emotions come across as the same. Distinct brain
pattern indicators of emotions.
Physiological Differences ANS - Emotions differ in the brain circuits they use
Positive Emotions ANS - Left hemisphere. Perky upbeat personalities found in people with active left
hemisphere frontal lobe. Rich supply of dopamine receptors in left. Neural pathway that increases
dopamine levels is called the nucleus accumbens
Negative emotions ANS - Right hemisphere.
Paralysis ANS - People with paralysis experience less intense emotions. In line with James Lange theory
that our body reactions cause our emotions.
Spillover Effect ANS - Aroused from a stimulus might make you react more strongly to another.
Schachter Singer Experiments ANS - Injection had no effects - people pumped up by other person's
emotions.
Injection had effects - little reaction to other person's emotions.
Arousal fuels emotion, cognition channels it.
Generalization ANS - Events are blown out of proportion
Personalization ANS - Thinking more positively helps people feel better.
Detecting emotions ANS - -People are good at reading cues (especially threats)
-Experience can sensitize us to specific emotions
-Fake emotions can last longer and are more abrupt than authentic emotions
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