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Hypothalamus
stimulates the release of cortisol, elevates blood pressure, and prompts the ANS to prepare the actor or the emergency.
Behavioral inhibition system (BIS)
alerts the actor to potential threats associated with uncertainty and conflict in the environment. Linked with anxiety
High extraversion
social interactions, popularity, sexual behavior, social competence, social goals, intimacy, happiness, positive emotional balance, rewards /incentives, good at speeded tasks, multitasking, sales /marketing /people- oriented jobs, economic goals, less depression /anxiety, fewer personality disorders.
Dopamine
neurotransmitter that concerns reward seeking /wanting and is released as a result of eating food, having sex, and ingesting drugs such as cocaine.
Temperament
differences in the overall quality of a baby's mood, energy level, behavioral tempo, and alertness.
Improvisation
when actors personalize their performance by making it fit their own unique nature and lived experience.
Opioid system
releases neuropeptides when the organism achieves rewards, producing feelings of joy /pleasure [liking]
Amygdala
small almond shaped region implicated in the experience of fear and anxiety.
George W. Bush
highly extravert, was named the "family clown, "rapidly approaches social reward, alcohol abuse, became sober to save his marriage.
Personal front
consists of cues that signify the actor's position in the performance and their status/identity in the group (eg: clothing, age, posture, speech patterns, facial expressions)
Routine
pre-established pattern of action which is unfolded during a performance and can be presented /played through on other occasions.
Anxiety
long-term response to a stimuli that suggests uncertainty and potential risk of danger and is a learned response.
Extraversion
seeking social rewards and enjoying social rewards.
Fear
results of immediate threats to the environment and stimulate dopamine activity
Extraverts
respond with greater intensity of positive emotion when presented scenarios that detail pursuit of rewards.
Extraversion
_______'s primary function is to attract and hold the attention of other social actors.
Hippocampus
seahorse shaped region involved in the formation of memories.
Secure attachment
when the infant sees the caregiver as a safe haven during periods of emotional distress and as a secure base from which to explore the world when emotions feel more positive.
BIS
The ________ is activated in challenging everyday situations that involve interpersonla relationships and social conduct.
18
Human infants begin to recognize themselves in mirrors and through recording devices around _____ months.
not
There is no developmental period in human life when the individual is _______ a social actor.
Fight flight freeze system (FFFS)
when confronted with a threat people can either attack the source of the threat, flee to escape, or freeze. Linked with fear
Social smiles
2 months old babies display these, indicating to social actors present that they are experiencing joy /happiness.
Neurotic cascade
high neurotic people are more reactive to signs of threat/negative emotion, are exposed to more negative events, view objectively neutral/positive events in negative light, precipitate mood spillover (negative feelings in now area of life spills in others), have the sting of familiar problems (a days negative events bring back old psychological issues)
N
High ______ is a strong factor for mental illnesses /psychiatric disorders.
Behavioral Approach System (BAS)
motivates the individual to approach potentially rewarding (social) situations and to experience the positive emotion associated with the pursuit and attainment of rewards.
Attachement relationship
infants develop a relationship of love and security with their primary caregivers.
nature, nurture
The performance of negative emotions across the human lifespan is a product of both ______ and _______.
George W. Bush
had low level of O, powerful life goal to defend his beloved father, and a redemptive life story.
Neuroticism
high levels of fear, worry, anxiety, sadness, frustration, guilt, shame, and hostility (negative emotionality)
N
high ______ predicts bad interpersonal experiences + negative outcomes in life.
George W. Bush
scored 5th in most extraverted president.
N
high ______ is associated with high divorce rates, poor health, increased risk for illnesses (heart disease), and poor quality of life.
Performance of emotion
how the infant expresses and regulates the feelings that well up inside
Human social behavior
series of performances through which actors play roles and enact scripts to manage the impressions of other characters in the social scene
Facial scripts
the 1st type of scripts
Stranger anxiety
fear/wariness in the presence of strangers
Separation anxiety
fear/anger/sadness in response to prolonged separation from primary caregivers
Working model of attachment
infants emotional history of attachment that sets forth expectations about how experiences of love/trust can transpire in the future
Positive emotionality
basic temperament tendency to feel positive affect like joy/excitement/pleasure and to act in a way that suggests a positive emotional engagement with the social world
Negative emotionality
people who experience fearfulness, inhibition, irritability, and frustration
Art of personality development
the expression and refinement of a uniquely personal and recognizable style of emotional performance
Negative emotionality
divided into 2 regions (emotional feafulness/behavioral inhibition and irritability/strong responses to frustration)
Erving Goffman
believed that human social behaviors are a series of performances through which actors play roles and enact scripts in order to manage the impressions of other characters in the social scene
William James
found that the difference between "I" and "me" emerges at 2 years old
vivid
Actors in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" conveyed human emotion in _______ and convincing fashion
attachment relationship
infants develop a relationship of love and security with their primary caregivers
Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R)
self-report measure that breaks down E into six related sub traits: excitement seeking, activity, assertiveness, gregariousness, positive emotions, and warmth
newborns, babies
Researchers found that ______ express the emotions of general distress, general contentment, interest, and disgust and that between 2-7 months, _______ show signs of joy, surprise, anger, sadness, and fear
cultures
Across ______, people can recognize in infants facial expressions of fear, sadness, joy, interest, anger, and disgust
anger, sadness
When mothers stare at their babies with an expressionless face, they react with ______ or _______
depressed
Babies of _______ mothers eventually stop trying to engage with their mothers
human, objects
At 3 months old, babies’ social smiles are brighter and stronger in response to real ________ beings compared animated _______ such as puppets
18
Human infants begin to recognize themselves in mirrors and through recording devices around _____ months
continuous
3-year-old Jennifer failed to recognize herself in a video of her showed 3 minutes later, failing to realize that the actor continues to be “me” over time. Only at age 3-4 that they consolidate a clear sense of self as a _______ social actor
behavior, novel
4 month-old infants who smile and show positive emotion in response to pleasant pictures/sounds are more likely to show positive approach ________ in response to _______ situations later in life
anger, sociable, reward
Infants who experience more ______ in response to frustration tend to be seen as more outgoing and ________ in grade school because anger plays a major role in _______-seeking
sociality
Some of the same brain processes involved with the experience of positive emotion are also implicated in human ________
intensity, rewards
Extraverts respond with greater _____ of positive emotion when presented scenarios that detail pursuit of ________
E, interpersonal
When asked to imagine how much positive emotion students would feel in response to hypothetical scenarios, high ____ students had higher ratings on positive emotion for pleasant _________ situations, even if it doesn’t involve the pursuit of social rewards
cortisol
Inhibited children show higher levels of morning _____ in the blood which is also true for inhibited monkeys compared with sociable monkeys
N
High _____ is a strong factor for mental illnesses/psychiatric disorders
interpersonal, negative
High N predicts bad _______ experiences + _________ outcomes in life
Neurotic
________ individuals experience more stress, are more reactive to stress, and are bad at coping with stress
negative, emotionality
4-month-old infants who react to novel visual/auditory stimulation with strong _______ responses show high levels of negative ________ and their FFFS are more readily strongly activated in daily life
BIS
People with high N may suffer from an overactive _______
amygdala, hippocampus
Neuroticism is correlated with _______ and ________ activity in response to negative stimuli
positive
The intense and prolonged sadness accompanying depression may result from deficits in ________ emotionality
personality
McAdams calls the personal front the rudiments of __________
not
There is no developmental period in human life when the individual is ______ a social actor
facial
Children with autism and related disorders may find it difficult to express and decode ________ cues in the social arena
awareness
We don’t remember the first 2 years of our lives because early socioemotional development occurs without any conscious _________
attention
Extraversion’s prime function is to attract and hold the _________ of other social actors
George W. Bush
highly extravert, was named the “family clown”, rapidly approaches social reward, alcohol abuse, became sober to save his marriage
5
George W. Bush scored ____th in most extraverted president
positive
Someone who scores low on positive emotionality doesn’t necessarily experience more negative emotions, just less _______ emotions
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