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For UWL PSY 100 4th Unit

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William James and Carl Lange Theory of Emotion   Feel emotion after we notice physiological responses  
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Walter Cannon and Philip Bard Theory of Emotion   Feel emotion at the same time that our bodies respond  
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Schachter-Singer two factor theory of emotion   There are two components of emotion, physical arousal and cognitive label  
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Emotional Physiological Activity is controlled by...   the autonomic nervous system's sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions  
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Which three emotions produce similar physiological responses but are felt differently by those experiencing them?   Fear, anger, sexual arousal  
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Differences in emotions physiologically   Different brain pathways are used, hormones are secreted  
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Spillover   Arousla response to one event spills over into our response to the following event  
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Causes emotional responses to be immediate   Sensory input goes directly to amygdala via the thalamus, bypassing the cortex  
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Nonverbal clues are better sensed by...   women  
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Emotions common to every culture   happiness and fear  
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How do facial expressions affect emotion   Amplify emotion and signal the body to respond accordingly  
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Adaptive emotion, can be traumatic, biologically predisposed to some and learned through others   fear  
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Caused by frustrating or insulting, especially when willful, unjustified, avoidable.   Anger  
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Expressing anger causes...   more anger  
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Adaption level phenomenon and relative deprivation principle affect happiness by...   limiting most happiness (or lack thereof) to the day of occurrence  
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Between normality and abnormality...   arbitrary line, depending on how atypical, disturbing, unjustifiable behavior is  
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Biopsychosocial perspective...   Disorders are influenced by genetic predisposition, physiological states, psychological dynamics, social circumstances  
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) is...   naming and describing disorders in treatment and research, health insurance requires DSM-IV diagnoses  
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder   No clear reason feel persistently and uncontrollably tense and uneasy, periodic episodes of intense dread  
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Phobias   Irrational fear of a specific object or situation, can be disruptive and incapacitating  
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder   Persistent and repetitive thoughts and actions characterize OCD - so persistent that they interfere with daily living and cause distress  
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder   Traumatic events can lead to this disorder, symptoms are four or more weeks of memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety, sleep problems  
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Explaining Anxiety Disorders   Learning perspective - fear conditioning, stimulus generalization, reinforcement, observation. Biological - evolutionary, genetic, physiological influences  
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Major Depressive Disorder   weeks or months into deep unhappiness, lethargy, feelings of worthlessness for no reason  
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Bipolar disorder   Person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy, hyperactive and wildly optimistic mania  
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Explaining Mood Disorders   Genetic predispositions and neurotransmitter abnormalities, vs self0defeating beliefs, leanred helplessness, negative attributions  
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Schizophrenia symptoms   Disorganized thinking (nonsensical talk, delusions), disturbed perceptions (hallucinations), inappropriate emotions and actions  
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Subtypes of Schizophrenia   Emerges gradually from chronic social inadequacy (outlook is dim) or suddenly in reaction to stress (recovery is more likely)  
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Understanding Schizophrenia   Certain forms linked to brain abnormalities (enlarged, fluid-filled cavities or incrased dopamine receptors). Twin and adoption studies point to genetic predisposition  
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Antisocial Personality Disorder   Enduring, maladaptive patterns of behavior that impairs social functioning. Most troubling is remorseless and fearless antisocial personality. (Typically males who display lack of conscience before age 15) - can be violent or charming con artist  
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Understanding antisocial personality disorder   Reduced activity in frontal lobe, more sensitive to maltreatment as children  
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Rates of Psychological Disorders   1/7 americans have experienced a clinically significant psychological disorder in the prior year (most phobic disorder, alcohol abuse/dependence [5:1 men:women], mood disorder [2:1 women:men]), poverty is predictor (or result)  
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Psychoanalysis   Try to help people gain insight into the unconscious origins of the disorder, and to work through feelings. Free association, dream analysis, and interpret resistance. Criticized for assuming repression, cost, time.  
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Humanistic Therapies   Focus on clients' current conscious feelings, taking responsibility for growth. Carl Rogers - active listening.  
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Behavior Therapies   Attempt to modify the problem behaviors, thus may countercondition through exposure therapies or aversive condition. May apply operant conditioning.  
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Cognitive Therapies   Aaron Beck - change self-defeating thinking  
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Drug Therapies   Most widely used biomedical therapy - antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant drugs - most are ~effect as placebo, have side effects  
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Brain Stimulation   Brief electric current is sent through brain of patient - effective, last resort treatment with severe depression.  
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Psychosurgery   Very last resort - lobotomy  
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Attributing Behavior   We explain people's behavior by attributing it to dispositions or situations, underestimate the situation.  
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Conformity and Obedience   Likely to adjust judgements towars group standard to gain social approval or because we trust others' information  
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Group Influence   Group experiences that make people feel anonymous make them less self-aware and self-restrained (deindividualization).  
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Groupthink   Tendency for harmony-seeking pgroups to make unrealistic decisions after suppressing dissenting information  
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Prejudice   Those with superiority attempt to justify status quo, causes scapegoats for frustration  
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Aggression   Product of nature and nurture, certain areas of brain activate/inhibit aggression.  
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Conflict   We see others as untrustworthy and evil intentioned, ourselves as moral (both sides do this)  
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Attraction   Proximity, physical attractiveness, similarity of attitudes and interest = attraction++  
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Altruism   Bystander effect - helpful acts = ++good feelings, minimize costs  
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Peacemaking   Enemies become friends when circumstances favor cooperation to achieve superordinate goals  
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