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Okay, let's get into how
we really respond
to the world around us.
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So typically we were
talking about is emotion.
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And we are going to walk through
the three main components
of what makes up emotion.
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So emotion is made up of
three main components.
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The first being
the physiological component.
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How does your body react
to a stressor?
The second is the behavioral
component or our action
in response to that stressor.
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And third is the cognitive
component.
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Or mentally how is that we
react to that stressor.
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So collectively these three
together will create
the emotion that we impart.
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So the first component I'm going
to look
at is physiological arousal.
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Physiological arousal refers how
does your body's internal state
changes in response
to that stressor.
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So when you think of arousal,
a lot of times you might think
of say, sexual arousal.
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What we're talking about here
is a larger umbrella term
looking at the physiological
arousal.
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A sexual arousal would
fall underneath that.
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But we're talking about
things as well as that.
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The second are the behavior
reactions to the emotion.
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Which includes how we
express our behavior.
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And then finally the cognitive
aspect involves how we're going
to interpret a situation
that's in front of us.
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Those three together
will shape our emotion.
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So as I walk through
an example for you.
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So, two different scenarios,
I'm going to walk through how each
component is going to react
and respond to that scenario.
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So scenario number 1.
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You are going for a walk.
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And you had to take a shortcut
to the forest.
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Now, as you're walking
through the forest.
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you are faced in front a large
man-eating brown hairy bear.
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Okay, so what's going to
happen to you physiologically.
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Physiologically you are going
to have increased heart rate.
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You are going to see an
increase in blood pressure.
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Your breathing might increase.
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You might start to
sweat profusely.
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Typically reactions to a bear
that you might have, right.
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Behaviorally what's going to
happen, you are going to start
swearing, right.
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I love swearing.
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I swear my brains out.
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You are going to arms in
the air and you are going
to have a complete
behavior melt down.
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Cognitively what's happening
in the brain,
how are you assessing
the situation.
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Like most people
you are saying.
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"Oh, my god!
This bear is going to kill
me."
"What should I do?"
And you've heard this term
before when you're faced
with a situation like that,
as you say
"My life flashed before
my eyes."
And that's exactly what happens
as you start thinking
of all the important things.
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You think about your childhood.
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You think about your mother.
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You think about that little
red bike that you wish you had.
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All of this happens
very quickly.
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And that's your brain
interpreting the situation
of this man-eating
brown hairy bear.
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Now, you put those collectively,
the physiological components.
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The behavioral component
and the cognitive component
and that's going to equal crying,
I'm scared.
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That is the emotion fear.
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Now let's take a look
at another scenario.
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You are preparing
for the MCAT exam.
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You write the MCAT exam
and you ace you MCAT exam.
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And now you're so excited.
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Your mother is so
excited for you
that she's going throw
for you a surprise party.
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Now you walk in the door.
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And you open the door,
and everybody's there screaming,
everybody's there.
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You have your mom,
your two friends,
your parents, your cousins
and everyone is there
to celebrate in your success.
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Now physiologically
what's happening.
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Well, the first thing that's
going to happen is increased
heart rate, increased
blood pressure.
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Your breathing is going
to become more shallow.
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And you have sweating.
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As these look very similar to
the physiological response that
you had the bear attack.
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So there's some commonalities
there.
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Behavioral what's going
to happen, same thing.
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You might start swearing
as soon as you walk in.
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Holy shish kabob!
And you might also have
your arms in the air.
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Or you may cover your face
because you are alarmed, right.
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So that is some of that
arousal we're talking about.
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And the behavior that you're
reacting to that arousal.
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Now what differentiates this
scenario with the bear scenario,
is the fact that cognitively
you are going to interpret
the situation a little
bit differently.
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So initially you might be
assessed as a dangerous
situation.
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A lot like the bear for you.
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But now you realize that
your friends are here.
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Your mom is there.
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You love your mom.
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And so now you transition
into something like,
"Oh, I'm surprised
and I'm very excited."
And you begin to enjoy in the party
that they have for you.
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Okay, so just to summarize,
three components, two of the threes,
so physiological and behavioral
would be the same,
for the bear attack or the party
your mum threw for you.
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Like cognitively you see
some difference is there.
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And now results in two
different emotions.
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Fear versus happiness
and excitement.