Aspects of Emotion Subjective Feelings Outward Bodily Expressions Physiological Changes Interpretation Based on the Context

Innate Emotional Expressions Happiness Sadness Surprise Fear Anger Disgust

Physiological Changes Sympathetic Nervous System Parasympathetic Nervous System

Happiness Situations in Which it Occurs Constant Level of Happiness Factors Associated With Happiness (self- esteem, extroversion, religious beliefs, money)

Situations in Which Fear Occurs Physically Threatening Damaging to One’s Sense of Psychological Well-Being Potentially Frustrating

Fear Versus Anxiety

Situations in Which Anger Occurs Physically Threatening Damaging to One’s Sense of Psychological Well-Being

Catharsis Theory of Anger

James-Lange Theory of Emotion One Perceives a Situation, Then One’s Body Reacts to the Emotion, Then One Feels the Emotion Different Bodily Emotions Produce Different Emotions

Cannon-Bard Theory One Perceives a Situation, Then Thalamus Activates Cerebral Cortex and Hypothalamus Feeling Emotions and Bodily Reactions Occur at the Same Time

Schachter-Singer Theory (Two- Factor Theory of Emotion) Sympathetic Nervous System Reacts the Same One Perceives the Situation, Then Sympathetic Nervous System Reacts Interpretation Based on the Situation

Schachter’s Experiment Three Groups (Informed, Misinformed, Uninformed) Happy or Angry Accomplice Informed Versus Misinformed and Uninformed Results

Selye’s Stages of Stress (physical and psychological) Alarm Resistence Exhaustion

Coping Devices for Minor Stress Touch, Food, and Drink Laughing, Crying and Cursing Talking it Out and Thinking it Through Working Off Tension

Defense Mechanisms Repression Denial Reaction Formation Rationalization Displacement Projection Regression Sublimation

Task – Oriented Approaches Assertiveness Withdrawal Compromise Negotiation Substitution

Type A Personality Competitive Achievement – Striving Chronic Sense of Time Urgency Hostility

Causal Factors in Obesity External Versus Internal Hunger Cues Exercise Genetics Culture Fat Cells

Methods of Controlling Weight Lose Slowly Weight Regularly Weaken Personal Eating Cues Eat Slowly with Small Bites Count Calories