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Emotions, Stress, and Health

Emotions, Stress, and Health. Emotion. Purposes? A safeguard of survival An enrichment of experience A powerful communication system. Emotion. Emotion as Psychophysiological response: Physiological arousal Behaviors Conscious experience (DVD Segment 20: “The physiology of emotion).

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Emotions, Stress, and Health

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  1. Emotions, Stress, and Health

  2. Emotion • Purposes? • A safeguard of survival • An enrichment of experience • A powerful communication system

  3. Emotion • Emotion as Psychophysiological response: • Physiological arousal • Behaviors • Conscious experience (DVD Segment 20: “The physiology of emotion)

  4. Autonomic nervous system Sympathetic division (arousing) Pupils dilate Decreases Perspires Increases Accelerates Inhibits Secrete stress hormones Parasympathetic division (calming) Pupils contract Increases Dries Decreases Slows Activates Decreases secretion of stress hormones EYES SALIVATION SKIN RESPIRATION HEART DIGESTION ADRENAL GLANDS Emotion and physiology

  5. Brain and Emotions:Fear & the Amgydala

  6. Expressing Emotion Human face: 44 separate muscles – 4 for chewing, 40 for facial expression! We are endowed with substantial resources for facial expression…

  7. Facial expressions and emotion • Paul Ekman’s research (Discovering Psych video Unit 12) • Language of the face (Discovery Channel DVD segment) • Exercise (“Making faces”)

  8. Anger What to do with it? Catharsis theory… (“20/20 video – Wendy)

  9. Stress and Health Handout (Outline)

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