Exam 3 slides 4

Question 1

Thoughts

Answer 1

Mental experiences expressed in words

Question 2

Feelings

Answer 2

-Mental experience component of emotion
-Hard to express in words
-Joy, anger, fear, surprise, disgust. sadness

Question 3

Emotions

Answer 3

-Broader experience
-Feelings and the physical sensation
-Outward signs (expression/body language, heart rate)
-Spontaneous

Question 4

Moods

Answer 4

-Longer lasting
-Persistant
-Always present
-Generally good or bad

Question 5

Charles Darwin and emotions

Answer 5

-Argued emotions were conserved across animas as a way of communicating
-He would show dinner guests faces and asked opinions

Question 6

Universality of human emotions

Answer 6

-Connecting humans and primates
-Constructivists view (shaped by culture)
-Basic emotions were universal
-Nature and nurture

Question 7

Emotions are embodied

Answer 7

-Autonomic nervous system (ANS): Blood pressure, heart rate, skin temp
-Hormones released into blood stream by endocrine glands
-Can be caused by physical sensations or cause physical sensations

Question 8

Sympathetic vs parasympathetic NS

Answer 8

Sympathetic: Fight or flight
Parasympathetic: Rest and Digest

Question 9

Vagus nerve

Answer 9

Connects brain to ANS

Question 10

Afferent fibers vs Efferent fibers

Answer 10

Afferent: From body to brain
Efferent: from brain to body
-Allows for bidirectional communication