01:830:220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Parasympathetic Nervous System, Sympathetic Nervous System, Autonomic Nervous System
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Sympathetic nervous system activates during time of fear and then you relax with the parasympathetic nervous system. Would not feel emotions if we did not have this. Sociopaths and psychopaths do not feel emotions. Cognitive component: schachter and singer"s two factor theory of. To have an emotion, both physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation are necessary. Attribute source of arousal to a cause. Physiological arousal + cognitive interpretation = emotional experience. Gave people an injection of epinephrine, which stimulated fight or flight response. Put them in a room with a person who was angry and then asked them how they felt. Each emotion reflects an interpretation of autonomic arousal based on what we know of the situation. We try to come up with reasons for why we feel a certain way. Ex. when we are in a bad mood, we try to figure out why we feel this way. Basic emotions should emerge early in life without requiring much experience.
