TEST 3: Emotion, Stress, and Health Flashcards

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Identify the major theories of emotion and describe how they differ.

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-JAMES-LANGE: body changes lead to emotion (shark, heartbeat, fear)
-CANNON-BARD: body changes and emotion happen together (shark, heartbeat & fear) THALUMUS
-SCHACHTER-SINGER: thoughts about body changes causes emotion (shark, heartbeat, thought, fear)
-COGNITIVE-APPRASIAL: thoughts about a stimulus lead to emotion (shark, think, fear)

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Identify some of the neurophysiological bases of emotion.

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-Emotions are linked with ANS activity (heart rate, breathing)
-Amygdala is involved in emotion (processes emotional significance of stimuli)
-Orbitofrontal cortex is involved in the processing of emotional cues (damage causes inappropriate reactions)

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Define stress, stressors, and coping.

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Stress: responses to a stimulus
Stressor: internal or external event that causes stress
Coping: process of dealing with stress

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Outline the general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

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  1. Alarm: stress leads to the activity of the sympathetic nervous system
  2. Resistance: prolonged stress leads to adaptation
  3. Exhaustion: long-term stress has a negative impact on health
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Explain how stressors relate to health problems.

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Long-term stress lowers resistance to disease and healing

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