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Observation of a Fetal Heart Rate Pattern Indicates an Increase

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Observation of a fetal heart rate pattern indicates an increase in heart rate from the prior baseline rate of 152 bpm. Which physiologic mechanisms would account for this situation?


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Ekman's Idea

Refers to psychologist Paul Ekman's theory that there are six basic emotions - happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise - which are universal across human cultures.

Core Affect

A fundamental psychological state underlying mood and emotions, representing the most basic feelings of pleasure or displeasure and arousal or sleepiness.

Pleasantness and Arousal

Dimensions used in emotion research, indicating respectively how positive or negative an emotion is, and how much it physiologically activates or excites an individual.

Circumplex Dimensionality

A conceptual framework for organizing interrelated variables in a circular structure, often used in personality and emotion research.

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