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Physiological Activation

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what your body feels

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Expressive Behavior

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signaling to others

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Conscious Experience

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aware you are experiencing it

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James-Lange Theory

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body responds first, because of this you feel an emotion. (body cries –> feel sad)

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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emotional response AND physiological activation occur at the same time

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Schachter-Singer’s 2 Factor Theory

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need environment to figure out source of arousal because most emotions feel very similar

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Misattributing Arousal

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wrongly assigning emotions to what you are feeling

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Emotional Reasoning

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use feelings to convince ourselves something is actually true

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Left brain is more…

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Happy

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Right brain is more…

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Depressed

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Charles Darwin speculated:

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Our ancestors communicate with facial expressions in the absence of language

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Universal Emotions

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Anger
Fear
Happiness
Sadness
Disgust
Surprise

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Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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our facial expression can influence our inner emotions

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Catharsis Hypothesis

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venting anger through actions or fantasy activities

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Reducing Anger

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Wait
Stop getting annoyed by little things
Act assertively, talk constructively
Forgiveness
Express emotions safely

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Subjective Well Being

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self perceived feeling of happiness/satisfaction around life

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Variations in Happiness

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positive mood reaches a maximum within 6-7 hours of waking up

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Hedonic Treadmill

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happiness treadmill where we continue to adjust our levels of happiness

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What makes us happy

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Self esteem
Optimism
Close friend or marriage
work that matches your skills
active religious faith
sleep/exercise

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Stress

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Any situation, real or perceived, that threatens your well being

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Stressors

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something that causes a state of strain or tension

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Seyle’s General Adaptation Syndrome

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Alarm
mobilizing resources
Resistance
stress doesn’t impact you as much
Exhaustion
becomes too much, can’t handle it

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Long term stress and persistence is

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Harmful

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Problem Focused Coping

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Reducing stress by changing events that cause stress

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Emotion Focused Coping
when we cannot change a stressful situation we comfort ourselves
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Avoidant Coping
escaping the problem or situation
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Perceived Control
We love being in control and we feel stressed when we are not
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Social Support
being with your friends or family helps reduce stress
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Aerobic Exercise
Running and lifting is proven to reduce stress
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Relaxation/Meditation
Being calm and peaceful is proven to reduce stress
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Faith Communities
proven to lead to healthy behaviors and literally leads to a longer life
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Motivation
a need or desire that energizes behavior and directs it towards a goal
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Instincts
Fixed patterns that are unlearned across all species (eating, avoid pain, sex)
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Drive Reduction Theory
We have a need that creates a drive in us, when you feel an arousal (hunger) you have a drive to reduce it (find food)
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Homeostasis
Balanced state, end goal
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Incentives
positive stimuli that motivate our behavior (favorite food)
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Abraham Maslow suggested
Hierarchy of Needs, hunger and thirst are at the bottom and living up to your fullest potential is at the top
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Self Transcendence Needs
meaning and identity that goes beyond yourself
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Glucose
is monitored and neurons send messages to hypothalamus
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Lateral Hypothalamus
brings on hunger
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Ventromedial Hypothalamus
depresses hunger
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Set Point
Internal "thermostat" which is influenced by heredity and body type
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Neophobia
We avoid new and unfamiliar foods because of potential threats
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Situational Influences
Eat more when in a group because we are more aroused
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4 Phases of Sex
Excitement Plateau Orgasm Resolution
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Imagined
most powerful sexual stimuli is the brain
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Sexual Orientation
refers to a person's enduring attraction to others
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Physiological DIsorders
bring unexplained, physical symptoms, irrational fears, and suicidal thoughts
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What are the 3 D's?
Deviant, Distress, and Dysfunctional
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Deviant
things depend on social and cultural norms (walking around naked)
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Distress
goes along with deviant behavior
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Dysfunctional
Messing up daily life
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Medical Model
Cause Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis
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Anxiety
nervousness, worry, and unease
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
uncontrollable tenseness and autonomic arousal but no legitimate source of anxiety
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Panic Disorder
minute long episodes of dread which include feelings of terror, chest pains, and choking
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Phobia
marked by persistent and irrational fear of an object/situation that disrupts behavior
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
persistent, unwanted thoughts or urges that engage in senseless rituals that cause distress
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PTSD
four or more weeks of the following symptoms haunting memories nightmares social withdrawal jumpy anxiety sleep problems
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Learning Perspective
Conditioning Observational Learning Cognition
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Biological Perspective
Natural Selection Genes Brain Pathways
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Major Depression
30% of college students, "common cold" of disorders
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Signs of Depression
Lethargy Worthlessness Loss of interest
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BiPolar Disorder
Alternating between depression and mania
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What percent of mood disorders run in the family?
37%
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Schizophrenia
people lose touch with reality and have disturbed perceptions
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Positive Symptoms
presence of inappropriate behaviors
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Negative Symptoms
absence of appropriate behaviors
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Schizophrenia Positive Symptoms
Delusions Hallucinations Inappropriate Affect Disorganized Thoughts
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Schizophrenia Negative Symptoms
Expressionless Face Rigid Bodies Social Withdrawal
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Schizophrenia Delusion Types
Control: gov controlling them Erotomania: Taylor Swift talks to me Grandeur: famous historical person Reference: tv is speaking to me
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
conscious awareness of being separated from previous memories and thoughts (watching yourself like a movie)
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Fugue
taking on a brand new personality and you flee your "old" life
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Personality Disorder
Enduring patterns of behavior that impair social functioning
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
usually men, lack empathy and shows symptoms in their youth
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Psychotherapy
emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist
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Biomedical Therapy
use drugs or other procedures to act on one's nervous system
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Terms of Psychoanalytic Therapy
Id: animalistic drives Ego: sense of self, mix of the two Superego: conscience
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Defense Mechanisms
Denial Repression Displacement Reaction Formation Projection Sublimation
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Denial
Rejecting claims
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Repression
intentionally forgetting something so it doesn't hurt
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Displacement
Express your emotions on a safer target
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Reaction Formation
Bully other people because of the things you are insecure about
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Projection
Put your feelings on others (you look stressed)
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Sublimation
Less acceptable urges turn into acceptable expressions (agression --> sports)
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Free Association
talk freely without stopping to see what your mind really thinks
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Dream Analysis
dreams are indicators of what your unconscious mind is trying to say
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Resistence
Avoidance of the topic in therapy means something is going on
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Transference
taking your feelings and transferring them over to the therapist and not the other way around
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Psychodynamic Therapy
face to face, interpersonal of modern day problems, symptom relief.
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Humanistic Theory
goal is to boost self fulfillment, gow in self awareness
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Roger's Client Centered Theory
client goes where they want
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Unconditional Positive Regard
no matter what the client says you give them nonstop support and affirmation
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Behavior Therapy
focus on behavior and not the cause. Common treatments are phobias and sexual disorders
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Counter Conditioning
giving someone new conditions for a stimulus, repeated exposure reduces fear
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Systematic Desensitization
exposure therapy that associates a pleasant state with gradually increasing anxiety
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Cognitive Therapy
teaches people adaptive ways of thinking based on changing your intervening thoughts
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Ellis Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
irrational beliefs can cause negative emotions, stop your thinking!
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
focuses both on how people think and also their behaviors, most popular among therapists now
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Psychopharmacology
study of drug effects on mind and behavior
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Chlorpromazine
Remove a number of positive symptoms as an Antipsychotic
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Clozapine
Removes a number of negative symptoms as an Antipsychotic
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Antianxiety
Xanax and Ativan
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Antidepressant
Prozac, Xoloft, and Paxil
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Lithium
a common salt that has been used to stabilize manic episodes
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(ECT) Electroconvulsive Therapy
used on severely depressed patients that don't respond to therapy or drugs where a patient's brain is shocked in hopes of the brain rewiring and becoming less depressed
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Psychosurgery
Remove or damage parts of the brain to relieve pain

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