Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sympathetic Nervous System, Emotional Expression, Cortisol

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

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Emotion a subjective reactions to experiences, associated with physiological and behavioural changes. Physiological response heart rate, sweating, sympathetic nervous system, hormones, stomach turning. Activation of the hpa axis production of cortisol, fight or flight, Behavioural responses facial expressions, screaming, running away. Behavioural motivation done in part by emotion. 6 main categories: joy, anger, sad, disgust, surprised, fear. Anger a display of power, natural response to power. People who have more resources tend to get more angry than people lower-ranked resource situations. Sadness gai(cid:374) e(cid:373)path(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)fort fro(cid:373) others, (cid:862)i"(cid:448)e lost so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g, please repla(cid:272)e or reple(cid:374)ish it(cid:863) In western cultures, girls are encouraged to express sadness over anger. Some people who suggest this reflects status imbalances, unequal balance of resources. Disgust keep a(cid:449)a(cid:455) fro(cid:373) thi(cid:374)gs that (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e to(cid:454)i(cid:272) or da(cid:374)gerous, i do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t a(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)ore. Surprise when something violates your expectations, prompts greater information gathering, very functional in terms of learning. Fear aids in alerting and removing you from dangerous situations.