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three elements of emotion

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physiological, behavioral, cognitive

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Darwin- universal emotions

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happiness, sadness, contempt, surprise, fear, disgust, anger

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Adaptive Role of emotion

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emotions are evolutionary adaptations to situations we’ve encountered over history

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James-Lange Theory of emotion

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J COMES BEFORE L
first comes the physiological response THEN the emotion is labeled

ex: get hot- must be angry

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Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion

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B/C basically the same
physiological and cognitive components of emotion occur simultaneously and then result in the behavior

ex: I am afraid because I see a snake… let me run out

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Schachter-Singer Theory

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S=S
you must feel an emotion and then analyze the environment in relation to the nervous system arousal cognitive appraisal

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Limbic system

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amygdala-attention and emotion, fear, facial expressions
thalamus-sensory processing
hypothalamus-neurotransmitters
hippocampus-long term memories, creating context

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prefrontal cortex

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left-positive emotions
right-negative emotions

dorsal prefrontal cortex- attention and cognition
ventral prefrontal cortex- connects with regions of the brain responsible for emotion
ventromedial prefrontal cortex-decision making and controlling emotional responses

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Cognitive Appraisal

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primary appraisal- evaluation of environment, if threat move on to secondary appraisal which is evaluating if you can cope with the stress

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Distress vs eustress

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distress-unpleasant stressors

eustress- positive stressors (graduating from college)

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General Adaptation Syndrome

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Alarm- sympathetic nervous system activation. Hypothalamus secretes ACTH, produces cortisol and adrenal medulla to secrete epinephrine/norepinephrine

Resistance- continuous release of neurotransmitters so you can fight off

Exhaustion- body can no longer maintain SNS activity