PSYC-2606EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Insomnia
6 Dec 2016
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Serve as non-verbal memory (memory is a type of emotion when verbalization is not available) Emotion is a subjective mental state that may prompt subsequent behaviors. It can manifest itself as physiological arousal and action: sports team winning playoffs different people will react differently. There is no commonly accepted definition of emotions subjective. Defined by: cognitive means (psychometric tests, physiological means (change in heart rate, behavioral means (facial expression) Stimulus perception autonomic arousal emotion. Stimulus perception autonomic + emotion (simultaneous) The same visceral changes occur in different emotional states as well as non-emotional states (pro- cannon-bard) The viscera are relatively insensitive structures, no much feedback (pro- cannon-bard) Using drugs to change the internal physiology without affecting the sensory inputs can cause changes in emotion (pro- james-lange: does not produce the same intensity of emotions (pro- cannon-bard) Separating the viscera from the nervous system does no change emotional behavior in animals (pro- cannon-bard)
