Define Emotions

question 48

Essay

Define emotions.Identify and describe five positive and five negative emotions.

Understand the biological underpinnings and brain structures associated with anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.

Recognize the characteristics and symptoms of major depressive disorder and its distinction from other mood disorders.

Identify the role of neurotransmitters in anxiety and mood disorders.

Understand the adaptive functions of emotions and behaviors from various psychological perspectives.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Maps

Mental representations of the layout of one's environment, enabling an individual to navigate through physical spaces.

Learning Sets

The concept in psychology that refers to the idea that learning is facilitated through the experience of solving similar problems, leading to an ability to generalize problem-solving strategies.

Secondary Reinforcer

A conditioned reinforcer that gains its reinforcing power through its association with primary reinforcers; examples include money, grades, and tokens.

Cognitive Map

An internal representation of the spatial relationships among objects in an environment, allowing for navigation and understanding of that space.