Question

Explain the physiological changes during emotions.

Answer 1

1. Physiological changes refer to automatic reactions that take place in the body due to response to the stimulus.
2. When you saw a snake, the brain at the Cognitive level perceived the stimulus as dangerous, based on the knowledge that this animal is poisonous and a threat to life. This arouses physiological changes in the form of dilated pupils, faster heartbeats, increased pulse rate, sweating, screaming or yelling, or crying. At the Emotional level, you experience fear. The Autonomic nervous system and Glandular system signaled the pituitary gland which activated the adrenal gland to secrete the cortisol hormone that triggers either a fight or a flight the Connaction level action plan ( running away, calling for help, or rushing to get an object to capture the animal).
3. The arousal of Physiological changes which occur during emotions is directly linked especially to internal and external.