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ontal.Eachisassoci
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orPsy
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•ser
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nsyst
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or *Psychol
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sordersty
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depressi
on emotional
,behavi
oral,andcognit
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symptoms, soi
denti
fiablelesi
ons(or
1.serotoninr egulatesourbehav ior,moods,
damage)locali
zedinspecificstr
uctur
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andthoughtpr ocesses.Ext remel ylow
ofthebrai
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ort hemostpart,
acti
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tyl evel
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ed
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i
mpul sivit
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o *cogni
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chisconcerned
si
tuations.Lowser otoninact ivi
tyhasbeen withhowweacqui r
eandprocess
associatedwi thaggr ession,suicide, i
nformationandhowwestoreand
i
mpul siveov ereating, andexcessi v
esexual ult
imatel
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ievei
t
behavior
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essness,whichoccurswhen

ser
otoni
nis5-
hydr
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try
ptami
ne(
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mal sencountercondi
ti
ons
overwhichtheyhav enocontrol
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ne-al soknownas
noradr
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mul ateatl
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earni
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lyact
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ructur
et oepinephr
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ne.Dopami nehasbeen can’tremembert heevents.(Agood
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mpl icatedi
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ackboxref
erstounobser
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efeel
i
ngs
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derssuchas andcogni
ti
onsinferr
edfr
om an
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nwhi chamarked i
ndivi
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sself-
report
deter i
or ati
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udes
tremor s,ri
gidi
tyofmuscles,anddif
ficul
ty *TheSt r
ooppar adi
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wi t
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measy ounamet hecolor
soft he
i
nr educi ngsomeoft hesemot ordi
sabil
i
ties. wor dsbutnott hewordsthemselvesand
againwhi l
ey ounamet hewordsand
• colorstogether
•Emotionsplayanenormousrolei
nourday Emot
ionsandPsy
chopat
hol
ogy
-t
o-dayli
vesandcancont r
ibut
einmaj
or
way st
ot hedev el
opmentof •suppressi
ngalmostanykindofemot i
onal
psychopathology response,suchasangerorfear,i
ncr
eases
sympat het
icner
voussystem acti
vi
ty,
which

fl
ightorf
ightresponse-Theal
arm maycont ri
butetopsy
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r
eacti
onthatactivat
esduri
ngpot
enti
all
y
l
i
fethreat
eningemer genci
es •panicatt
ackissi
mplyt
henormalemoti
on
offearoccurr
ingatt
hewrongt
ime,when
Emot
ional
Phenomena thereisnothi
ngtobeaf
rai
dof

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onoff earisasubj ecti
vefeel
ingof •mani a,whichi spar tofaser i
ousmood
terr
or,ast rongmot i
vati
onf orbehav i
or disordercalledbi polardisorder;Theyt hi
nk
(escapingorf ight
ing),andacompl ex theyhav ethewor l
donast r
ingandt heycan
physiol
ogi cal orarousalresponse.Todefi doany t
hingt heywantandspendasmuch
ne“ emotion”i sdiffi
cult
,butmostt heori
sts moneyast heywantbecauseev er
ythingwil
l
agreethati tisanact iontendency turnoutal l
right .Everyli
ttl
eev entisthe
mostwonder fulandexci ti
ngexper i
ence
-usuall
yshort-
li
ved,temporar
ystat
es
theyhav eev erhad.Peopl ewhosuf f
erf r
om
l
ast i
ngfrom several
mi nut
estosever
al
mani ausual l
yal ternateperi
odsof
hours,occur
ringinresponsetoanexter
nal
excit
ementwi thper i
odsofext remesadness
event.
anddi str
ess, whent heyfeelthatallislost
•Moodi
samor eper
sist
entper
iodofaf
fect andt hewor ldi sagl oomyandhopel ess
oremot
ional
i
ty. place.

•anxietydisorders-arecharact
erizedby •depression-adef iningfeatur eofmany
endur i
ngorchr onicanxi
etyand,theref
ore, mooddi sorders; Duringextr
emesadnessor
couldal sobecalledmooddi sor
der s. distr
ess, peoplear eunabl etoexper ience
*Alternati
vely,
bothanxiet
ydisordersand anypl easureinl i
feandof t
enf inditdi ff
icult
mooddi sorderscouldbecaledemot
l i
onal event ogetoutofbedandmov earound.I f
disorders hopelessnessbecomesacut e,theyar eat
ri
skf orsuicide; memor i
esofpastev entsare

aff
ect-ref
erstot
hemomentaryemoti
onal l
ikelytobeunpl easant .Thepessi mistor
t
onethataccompani
eswhatwesayordo depressedper sonseest hebot tleashal f
empt y.Incont rast,thecheerf uloptimi stis
Component
sofEmot
ion
saidtoseet hewor l
dt hr
oughr ose-colored
Emot i
ontheor
ist
snowagreethatemoti
on glassesandt oseet hebottl
eashal ffull
i
scomposedoft hreer
elat
ed
components—behavi
or,
physi
ology,
and
cognit
ion—butmostemoti
ontheori
stst
end
toconcentr
ateononecomponentor
another
•fr
ightdi
sorders,whicharecharact
eri
zed CONCLUSI
ONS:
byexaggeratedstartl
eresponses,and
otherobser
v ablefearandanxi
ety
reacti
ons.
•(1)psychoanalyti
ctheory,(2)behavior
al and
*LatinAmer i
cansust o,
whi chdescr i
bes cogniti
vescience,(3)emot i
onal i
nfluences,(4)
variousanxi et
y-basedsy mpt oms,incl
uding socialandculturali
nfluences,(5)genetics,(
6)
i
nsomni a,i
rrit
abil
ity
,phobi as,andt he neuroscience,and(7)lif
e-spandev elopment al
mar kedsomat i
csy mptomsofsweat i
ng factor
sal lmustbeconsi deredwhenwet hi
nk
andi ncr easedhear trat
e( t
achy car
dia).But aboutpsy chopathology
sust ohasonl yonecause: Theindi
v i
dual
•Toi dent i
fythecausesofv ariouspsy chologi
cal
becomest heobj ectofblackmagi c,or
disor ders,wemustconsi dert heinteract
ionofall
witchcr aft,andissuddenl ybadly
relev antdimensi ons:geneticcontributi
ons,the
fr
ight ened.
roleoft hener v
oussy stem, behavioraland
Insomecul t
ures,t
hesinist
erinfluenceis cogni t
iveprocesses, emotional i
nfluences,
call
edtheevi
leyeandt heresult
ingf r
ight soci alandi nterpersonali
nfluences, and
disor
dercanbef at
al. dev elopment al factor
s.

•Haiti
anphenomenonofv oodoodeat h,
suggestedthatthesentenceofdeat hbya
medi ci
nemanmaycr eateanintoler
able
autonomi carousal
intheparti
cipant
, who
haslitt
leabil
i
t yt
ocopebecauset hereisno
socialsupport;t
hecondit
ionleadsto
damaget ointernalor
gansanddeat h.

•Buli
mianervosa,
thesever
eeating
disor
der,occur
salmostenti
rel
yinyoung
females

•“t
endandbef riend”-referstoprotect
ing
themselvesandt hei
ryoungt hrough
nurturi
ngbehav ior(t
end)andf ormi ng
all
ianceswithlargersoci algr
oups,
parti
cular
lyotherf emales

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