PSY 111 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Heritability, Arousal, Anxiety

• School: Miami University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Ms.Mahya Rahimian Mashhadi

Document Summary

Positive or negative experience associated with a particular. Arousal- active or passive the psychological experience. B. cannon-bard theory: stimulus simultaneously triggers activity in the body and emotional experience in the mind. C. two-factor theory: a stimulus triggers a general state of arousal in the body, which the mind then interprets as a specific emotion. People have just one bodily reaction to all emotional stimuli that is called. Interpretation differ based on the situation/occasion (hot room vs seeing bear) The amygdala plays an important role in emotion; threat detector. Appraisal is made by amygdala: evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus. In order to feel an emotion you must know there is something to be afraid of. Fast (thalamus amygdala) and slow (thalamus cortex amygdala) pathways of fear in the brain. Amygdala damage- recognition of happiness, sadness, and surprise was normal but recognition of anger disgust and fear was impaired.