Stress and Emotions

James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Lazarus Cognitive, Appraisal, Shachter-Two Factor

body sensation then emotion

body sensation and emotion - same time

emotions are universal - but difference in how interpreted. if you think its bad - emotions follow and vice versa. Primary - evaluation of situation Secondary - evaluation of resources Reappraisal - monitors and adjusts if necessary

cerebral cortex, amygdala, hypothalamus

left side - governs happiness, and positive emotions = damage severe depression, anxiety, aggression right side - mediates sadness, fear, and damage is indifference apathy, emotional lability/undue cheerfulness and joking

attaches emotion to memory - evaluates incomoing senory infor and mediates response.

translates emotions into physical response

mediated by adrenal and pituitary glands :alarm, resistance, exhaustion

lowers resistence to disease. Prolonged sress is attributable to elevated levels of corticosteroids which compromise the immune system by decreasing T cells and lowering immune defences

takes the person into consideration - “the brain is the key organ of stress … because it determines what is threatening and therefore stressful, and also determines the physiological and behavioral responses [to stress]

process by which the body can adapt to change from stress

can be maintained for a while as body adjusts

adverse affect on mental and physical health. the nature of allostasis and consequences of allostatic load vary from person to person due to several factors, including differences in genetic makeup, resilience, and perceptions about the controllability of the stressor.

experience of emotion to physiological arousal followed by assigning a cognitive label to that arousal - cogntive interpretation of event