PSY 111 1st Edition Lecture 31 Review How are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa related to the biochemistry of hunger they don t have enough fats cells so no matter much or little they eat they are never satisfied which makes them constantly anxious which increase serotonin levels which only makes them even more anxious Motivation and Emotions Emotions feeling physiological arousal conscious experience behavioral expression Brain and emotions neural correlates of emotions have been identified kassam et al o When someone feels sad the occipital lobe is fired o When someone feels sad the James lange theory developed separately by William James and carl Lange o Event arousal interpretation of arousal emotion o Example A young kid falling Cannon Bard Theory Walter cannon and Phillip Bard o Event Arousal AND Emotion they happen instantaneously and together o Example a break up Schachter Singer Two factor Theory o Effort to bring back thinking and cognition intor experience of emotions o Event arousal reasoning interpretation of arousal of and event emotion o Example you ve walked into work an your boss says listen you and I need to talk in 5 minutes you will start feeling fear and anxiety Culture and emotion o Emotions arise from the dynamic between culture and individual o Labeling emotions can influence our experience o Cultures differ in display rules difference in the way emotions expressed o Examples Tsai and Chentsova Dutton 2003 Difference in Scandinavian and Irish American in expression of happiness Soto te al 2005 Chinese American report less startle response than Mexican Americans Self Regulation process by which individuals pursue important goals 1 set goals needs emotion 2 plan for goal needs emotion 3 monitor progress of goal needs emotion Walter Michelle Looked at preschoolers and gave them a marshmallow and if you wait here till I come back I will give you two The kids that were able to wait were more likely to graduate high school higher IQ go to college and get the job they wanted How would you teach a child to synthesize happiness
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