PSYCH 202 1st Edition Lecture 6Paradox:I. Trend toward more obesity AND more obsession with thinness Exercise as the way out?II. Easier to DO something than NOT do somethingIII. Raises metabolismIV. Expends more calories AND increases number of calories burned even after you’ve exercisedV. Breaks the diet/binge cycleBulimia:I. mostly women (90%)II. more common among college women (some estimate 10% of college women!)III. seems to be related to anxiety, depression, impulse controlIV. problems with serotonin regulation?Anorexia:I. mostly womenII. prevalent in adolescence, young adulthoodIII. rarer than bulimiaIV. 20% dieV. culturally specificVI. seems to be related to obsessive compulsion disorder and perfectionismVII. more of a genetic component than bulimia? VIII. Difficult in untangling shared genetics and shared family environment IX. Ineffective to hospitalize anorexics togetherCommon characteristics of Anorexia and Bulimia:I. Irrational beliefs about food, eating, body imageII. “Restrained eaters”III. Serotonin seems involved, but as cause or effect?Unconscious Motives for Anorexia?I. Avoid WomanhoodI. Secondary sex characteristicsII. Menstrual periods may stopThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.III. Stay “small”II. Struggle for controlContext Matters!Schachter and Singer:I. Two-factor theory of emotion• Emotion = arousal + labelMisattribution of arousal:I. attributing arousal to wrong sourceLimits to misattribution effects:I. Subtle differences in physiological responses for different emotions II. Real source of arousal can’t be salient (ambiguity helps) III. Arousal not necessary for emotion Role of appraisal in emotionI. Not just the event, but our PERCEPTION of the even that causes emotions.Stress:I. pattern of responses an organism makes to stimulus events that disturb its equilibrium and tax or exceed its ability to copeII. stressors: stimulus events that cause stress.III. eustress - “good” stressIV. distress - “bad” stressSelye’s General Adaptation Syndrome:I. Stage 1: alarm reactionI. Fight or flightII. Adaptive in current environment?Taylor’s “tend and befriend” alarm reaction: I. under stress, affiliate with and care for othersSupport for tend & befriend hypothesis:1) In past studies, fight or flight pattern more pronounced in men than