Emotions: A Complex Psycho-Physiological Experience
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3. A complex psycho-physiological
experience of an individual as a result of
his interactions with the environment.
Is an individual response involving
physiological arousal, expressive
behaviors and conscious experience.
4. The word "emotion"
dates back to 1579,
when it was adapted
from the French word
émouvoir, which means
"to stir up".
28. Emotions are not reactions of
physiological responses rather,
emotions and physiological responses
are actually separate /independent
processes that occur at the same time.
29. In 1927, the famous American
physiologist Walter challenged
the James-Lange theory.
First, Cannon pointed that body
reactions are similar for many
emotions, yet our subjective
experience of various emotions is
very different. For both fear and
rage are accompanied by
increased heart rate, but we have
no difficulty distinguishing
between two emotions.
30. Second, Cannon (1927) argued that our
emotional reaction to a stimulus is
faster than our physiological reaction.
Cannon correctly noted that it can take
several seconds for the physiological
changes caused by activation of the
sympathetic nervous system to take
effect, but the subjective experience of
emotion is often virtually
instantaneous.
Third, artificially inducing
physiological changes does not
necessarily produce a related
emotional experience.
31. Walter Cannon (1927) proposed his own
theory. According to the Cannon-Bard
theory of emotion, when an emotion-
arousing stimulus is perceived,
information is relayed simultaneously to
the brain's cerebral cortex and to the
sympathetic nervous system.
32. Cortical activation causes the
subjective emotional experience, and
sympathetic nervous system activation
causes the physical response, which
lags by a few seconds. Thus, according
to Cannon and Bard, subjective
experience and physiological arousal
are triggered at the same time: neither
causes the other.
35. JEROME SINGER
(1934–2010) Was the founding
chair of the Medical and Clinical
Psychology Department
at Uniformed Services University.
He is best known for his
contributions to the Two-factor
theory of emotion. He also served
as one of the fourteen members on
the National Research Council
(NRC) committee on human
performance in 1985. Singer
played a role in the cognitive
revival of modern psychology. His
main area of expertise was the
psychological and physiological
effects of various types of stress.
36. STANLEY SCHACHTER
(April 15, 1922 – June 7, 1997) was
an American psychologist.
Schachter proposed the two factor theory of
emotion. He said emotions have two ingredients:
physiological
arousal and a cognitive
label.
A person's
experience of an emotion
stems from
the mental
awareness of the body's
physical arousal.
37. Schachter-Singer Two Factor Theory
of Emotion is also known as
AROUSAL INTERPRETATION.
A third theory of emotion,
proposed by Stanley Schachter
and Jerome was influential for a
short time. Schachter and Singer
(1962) agreed with that
PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL IS A
CENTRAL ELEMENT IN EMOTION.
38. But they also with Cannon that
physiological arousal is very similar for
different Thus, arousal alone would not
produce an emotional response. Instead,
Schachter and Singer proposed that we
cognitively label physiological arousal
as A GIVEN EMOTION BASED ON OUR
APPRAISAL OF A SITUATION.
46. It’s responsible for rapid
reaction to a stressor
sometimes referred to as fight
or flight response and
immediately causes an increase
in blood pressure, faster heart
rate and high blood pressure
48. Parasympathetic
nervous system (PNS)
calms the body. Maintains the
ordinary process of life. When PNS
activated the heart rate and blood
pressure drop and breathing slows
down.
50. An increase in the activity
of sweat gland result to the
Galvanic Skin
Response (GSR) a
rise in skin conductivity.
51. Polygraph (lie detector)
A machine used to
determine whether someone
is telling a lie, monitors
changes in body like heart
rate, pulse and breathing.