Emotions and Bodily Responses
A Psychophysiological Approach
- 1st Edition - October 28, 1978
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: James L McGaugh
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 5 7 - 4
Emotions and Bodily Responses: A Psychophysiological Approach is an introduction to the principles of psychophysiology as they relate to bodily responses and emotions. The emphasis… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEmotions and Bodily Responses: A Psychophysiological Approach is an introduction to the principles of psychophysiology as they relate to bodily responses and emotions. The emphasis is on the study of human subjects and on those bodily responses (heart rate, blood pressure, blood volume, electrodermal responses, muscle tension, brain waves) that can be measured from the periphery of the body without the use of invasive techniques. Comprised of nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of some basic physiological principles and recording techniques, followed by a discussion on some of the types of stimuli that cause changes in bodily responses. Subsequent chapters explore individual differences in personality and emotional factors and relate them to differences in physiological responses; how differences in bodily responses are related to the major forms of psychopathology; the link between bodily responses and behavioral performance; and general states such as sleep and stress in relation to bodily responses. Bodily responses that accompany psychosomatic illnesses are also considered, along with the modification of bodily responses by various learning techniques, including Pavlovian conditioning and biofeedback training. The final chapter is devoted to the application of bodily responses to the detection of deception. This monograph is written for students, clinicians, and researchers who would like to become familiar with the basic methods, data, and concepts that relate bodily responses to emotional states.
Preface
A Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
1 Overview of Emotions and Bodily Responses
Historical Perspective and Issues
Some Basic Physiological Principles
Bodily Reactions Accompanying Emotion
Conclusions and Outline of This Book
2 Stimuli that Cause Bodily Responses
Simple Environmental Stimuli
Task-Related Stimuli
Fear-Producing Stimuli
Internal Self-Generated Stimuli
Complex Social Stimuli
The Effects of Set and Attitude on Responses to Stimuli
Conclusion
3 Individual Differences and Bodily Responses
Autonomic Balance
Individual-Response Stereotypy
Personality Tests and Bodily Responses
Conclusion
4 Behavior Disorders
Anxiety
Depression
Psychopathy
Hyperkinesis
Schizophrenia
Summary and Conclusions
5 Physiological Arousal and Performance
Arousal and Bodily Responses
Arousal and Motor Performance
Arousal and Sensory Performance
Arousal, Learning, and Memory
Arousal and Acting Out Aggression
Conclusion
6 General Behavioral States
Sleep
Stress
Relaxation
Desensitization of Fears
Conclusion
7 Psychosomatic Disorders
Necessary Conditions Hypothesis
Specific Attitude Hypothesis
Response Specificity Hypothesis
Other Interpretations
Experimental Psychosomatics
Conclusion
8 Learning of Bodily Responses
Types of Learning
Pavlovian Conditioning
Instrumental Conditioning
Biofeedback Training
Conclusion
9 The Detection of Deception
Procedures and Techniques
Physiological Measures
Test Validity
Theories of Bodily Changes During Deception
Legal Status
Conclusion
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 28, 1978
- No. of pages (eBook): 194
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781483288574
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