PSYC 2000 Chapter : PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS- Greening
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Emotion: the feeling aspect of consciousness characterized by: certain physical arousal, certain behavior that reveals the emotion to the outside world. Interpreting the subjective feeling by giving it a label. Universal expressions: anger, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise and sadness. No amygdala: patient sm, bilateral, specific, amygdala lesions. Which parts of the brain are involved in various aspects of emotion: other subcortical and cortical areas, hemisphere. Theories of emotion: common sense theory of emotion: a stimulus leads to an emotion which then leads to bodily arousal. James-lange theory of emotion: a physiological reaction leads to the labeling of an emotion. "i"m afraid because i am shaking. : cannon-bard theory of emotion: the physiological. "i"m shaking and feeling afraid at the same time. : cognitive arousal theory: both the physical arousal and the labeling of that arousal based on cues from the environment must occur before the emotion is experienced. "this snarling dog is dangerous and that makes me feel afraid. "
