APSYCH Unit 6B

• a response of the whole organism/internal and external stimul, involving 
• 1. physiological arousal
• 2. expressive behaviors (quickened pace)
• 3. conscious experience (thoughts and feelings)

• our experience of emotion is a consequence of physiological responses to stimuli 
• ex: cutting onions
• physical then emotion

• - physiological responses and subjective experience occur simultaneously
• - heart begins pounding as you experience fear

• 1. physically aroused 
• 2. cognitively label the arousal
• ex: working out 
• mind gives "label"

• simple emotional responses occur instantly before any cognitively processing occurs 
• ex: seeing something on street

• 1. deal directly with emotion
• 2. bypass the cortical areas number involved in thinking (eye-thalamus-amygalda) modified when cortex interprets it

• 1. we go through repeated cycles of appraisal and reappraisal when confronted with a new situation 
• 2. simple likes/dislikes and fears usually involve no conscious thinking

• 1. we place emotions amongst several dimensions
• 2. pleasantos: pos. 
• 3. unpleasant: neg high vs. low arousal 
• 4. complex emotions like love and depression greatly affected by interpretation memories and expectation

• 1. the releasing of aggressive energy through action of fantasy that reduces anger 
• 2. highly emotional people personalize events as directed to them
• 3. generalize experiences with blowing single incidents out of proportion

integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine

• 1. perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors 
• 2. cause person to feel challenged/endangered

• 1. everyday events that causes stress
• 2. situations that challenge in subtle ways

• pos. stress because it motivates us to do something worthwhile 
• ex: studying

bad stress that's nonproductive, cause physical problems

• 1. stress response is part of a mind-body system 
• 2. extreme cold, lack of energy trigger adrenaline and nonadrenaline
• 3. fight/flight: 1st one to witness this

• Hans Selye's concept of body's adaptive response to stress 
• a. alarm reaction: sudden reaction of sympathetic
• b. resistance: temp, blood pressure, respiration high 
• c. exhaustion: more vulnerable to illness, tired, immune system may be impaired

• temporal sequence theory 
• 1. response to stress in 2 stages 
• a. primary stage - appraisal (is the event stressful? eustress/distress?)
• b. secondary stage - appraisal #2 (can i handle the stress?)

• 1. allows followed by depression and anxiety 
• 2. happen only once 
• 3. major changes in a short time 
• ex: fire, floods

• 1. leaving home, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, marriage/divorce
• 2. cause people to be vulnerable to disease 
• 3. increase of 17% of death during this time

1. control may help explain well established link between economic status and longitivity

• 1. optimism: less fatigue and fewer aches and pains and respond to stress with better results
• 2. pessimism: vulnerable to illness

• 1. clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart
• 2. leading cause of death in many developed countries 
• 3. took on more responsibilities

• 1. time eagerness 
• 2. elevated hostility 
• 3 secrete hormones for build-up for coronary heart disease 
• 4. seek jobs that give more stress

• 1. easygoing, relaxed people 
• 2. low competitive

• 1. distress 
• 2. neg. emotions and social inhabitions

• 1. mind-body illness
• 2. illness brought by stress
• 3. secretion of stress hormones and suppress immune systems 

• 1. white loaded cells 
• 2. part of the body's immune system 
• 3. fight off different things 

• 1. bone marrow 
• 2. fight bacterial infections 

• 1. form in the thymus 
• 2. attack cancer cells, viruses and foreign sub. 
• 3. fight off illnesses 

• 1. help lymphocytes 
• 2. "big eater"
• 3. identify pursues and harmful invaders