PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Limbic System, Polygraph, Visual Cortex
14 Dec 2018
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Emotion a conscious feeling of a pleasantness/unpleasantness response to stimuli accompanied by biological activation and expressive behavior a response of the whole organism. Expression > emotion state extended into time: verbal. I messages > i own the emotion. Experience > affect +/- > encompasses m old, feelings and categories, positive or negative affect: in uences behavior and actions, sensitize/desensitize, example: a child growing up with an abusive parent, they are able to recognize anger more easily. Spillover effect > an arousal from one event in uences our response to other. Arousal > arousal intensity (greater arousal = greater intensity) Brain: left hemisphere more active when happy, right hemisphere more active when depressed, amygdala > limbic system in charge of fear, aggression (intent to harm, hypothalamus send to pituitary gland. Endocrine system > pituitary > adrenal glands ( ght or ight) > cortisol/adrenaline: oxytocin cuddle hormone or love hormone cement, bond, trust.
