MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEM AND EMOTION

Goal Directed

one feature of behavior

motivation

it explains why such behavior occurs

Activation

how behavior is stimulated or initiated

Direction

the reason behavior takes one particular form over.

Physiologic Sensation

one of the component of emotion that includes change in vital sign.

Conscious, Sujective Experience, or Feeling

States that emotions typically demonstrate valence or generally positive or negative quality

Facial Nerve

controls superficial muscles that is responsible for facial expression

Trigeminal Nerve

controls the deeper facial muscles that are responsible for chewing food and speaking

Contralateral Cortex

damage in motor cortex results in paralyzed and sag in this area

Motor cortex

responsible for voluntary expression

subcortical system

responsible for spontaneous expression

volitional facial paralysis

voluntary emotion is impaired

emotional facial paresis

spontaneous emotion is impaired

Limbic System

categorize emotional experience as either pleasant or unpleasant. Area of the brain most heavily implicated in emotion and memory.

Hypothalamus

activates sympathetic nervous system.

Thalamus

sensory relay station center

Amygdala

process emotional information and send it to cortical structures. Involved in mood and anxiety disorder.

Hippocampus

plays important role in emotion, learning, and memory.

Reticular Activating System

arouse the cortex and maintain its wakefulness so that sensory information and emotion can be interpreted more effectively. Controls sleeping, walking, and attention.

Autonomic Nervous System

part of peripheral nervous system that is regulated by hypothalamus and involve in involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate.

Appraisal Theory of Emotion

states that appraisal or interpretation of situation causes an emotional response based on that inerpretation.

Primary Appraisal

seeks to establish the significance or meaning of an event.

Secondary Appraisal

assesses the ability of an individual to cope with the consequence of the event.

James-Lange Theory of Emotion

states that emotions arise as a result after the physiological arousal.

Canon-Bard Theory

states that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously but independently.

Schacter-Singer Theory

views emotions as the result of interaction between physiological arousal and cognition.

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

Facial expressions aren’t simply caused by emotions, but they can influence our emotions as well.