Embodied Emotion
Definitions
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polygraph- a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that
measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotions
(such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes)
Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System
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Fear or stress triggers the sympathetic nervous system to prepare the body
for fight or flight. After threat has passed the parasympathetic nervous system
calms the body down.
Physiological Similarities Among Specific Emotions
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A lot of emotions have the same physiological responses, there is very little
difference between the body’s responses to fear, anger, or sexual arousal.
Physiological Differences Between Specific Emotion
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Physical differences between emotions can been seen in facial expressions.
Different emotions are active in differents parts of the brain. Positive moods
are more in the left side of the brain as it has a rich supply of dopamine.
Cognition and Emotion
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The emotional reaction to one event can spillover into the next event. (spill
over effect)
Arousal fuels emotion. Cognition channels it.
Expressed Emotion
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A simple method of knowing people’s emotions; we read their bodies, listen to
their tone of voice, and study their face.
People communicate nonverbally as well as verbally.
Hard-to-control facial muscles reveal signs of emotions you may be trying to
hide.
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Virtually no one can detect when someone is lying although women are better
at detecting nonverbal lies than men.
Women go more into detail about their feelings than men.
Women’s skill at decoding others’ emotions may be because of their greater
emotional responsiveness in positive and negative situations.
A face is more perceived as a male if angry, more female if happy.
Facial expressions are universal.
“The face is more than a billboard that displays our feelings; it also feeds our
feelings.”
When you hold a pen between your teeth and look at cartoons, you find them
funnier.
Stress and Health:
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Health Psychology: A subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s
contribution to behavioral medicine.
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Stress appraisal: The events of lives that flow through a psychological
filter. How life events contribute to how we respond to such. Stressful
event turns into a threat or challenge. A threat turns into stressed to
distraction while a challenge turns into aroused and focused.
Stress: The process by which we perceive and respond to events. Often
called stressers, we mentally label these as threatening or challenging.
General adaptation syndrome (GAS): Selye’s concept of the body’s
adaptive response to stress in three states- alarm, resistance, and then
exhaustion.
Catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles all tend to
provoke stress and its responses. The stress response is different for
each individual, even under the same stressful event.
Stress tends to lead to inflammation which then turns into heart disease
and depression.
Coping: alleviating the stress by using emotional, cognitive, and/or
behavioral methods.
Managing stress: optimistic thinking, sense of control, and exercise can
all decreases stress levels.
Biofeedback: a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and
feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, like blood
pressure and muscle tension.
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All in all: Religious involvement paired with healthy behaviors, social support,
and positive emotions lead to better health and fewer stressers.
Emotions and Stress
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Behavioral Medicine: an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral
and medical knowledge and applies that to health and disease.
Health Psychology: a subfield of psychology that provides psychology’s
contribution to behavioral medicine.
Stress: the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events,
called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS): Selye’s concept of the body’s
adaptive resonse to stress in three states- alarm, resistance, and
exhaustion.
Many things can cause stress- Natural disasters, catastrophes such as
9/11 are good examples. But also simple life changes such as starting a
new school or getting married can also cause stress. Change is the main
cause of stress.
Coronary Heart Disease: the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart
muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries.
Type A: Friedman and Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving,
impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.
Type B: Friedman and Rosnman’s term for easygoing, relaxed people
Credits:
Embodied Emotion: Jenni Dylkowski
Expressed Emotion: Miranda Dunn
Stress and Health: Haleigh Gulden
Emotions and Stress: DJ Boldenow