Psychology - Labeling Emotions
What does emotional labeling mean?
Naming emotions with nuanced and distinct language.
What neurotransmitter is related to happiness?
Dopamine
Are intrusive memories related to anxiety, PTSD, or depression?
The Broadway Show, Dear Evan Hansen, portrays teenagers with social anxiety and depression. In the musical, what worsens the emotional struggles of the protagonist?
Social media
True or False: When feeling stressed, foods high in fat and sugar are more appealing.
True
True or False: Emotional labeling reduces emotional regulation, by affecting the prefrontal cortex and amygdala.
False
When you can’t fall asleep, which over-the-counter neurotransmitter might you take as a medicine?
Melatonin
Define agoraphobia and OCD? Are they forms of anxiety or depression.
Agoraphobia - fear of public spaces
OCD - compulsive and obsessive repetitive behaviors that stem from fear
Forms of anxiety
In Inside Out, Sadness is initially repressed. What ultimately happens to Sadness?
Sadness is normalized.
What is emotional eating?
Eating to feel better - to fill emotional needs rather than the stomach. May be triggered by powerlessness, hunger, and shame.
Give an example of how you would name an emotion, the intensity, the urgency, and duration.
E.g. Feeling hurt deeply (8/10 severity) that is constant (high urgency) and lasts for a whole day (24 hours).
What neurotransmitter regulates well-being and overall mood?
Serotonin
True or False: PET scans of depressed individuals show high activity
False. Electrical stimulation is lower
In Inside Out, the character "Fear" is a combo of what neurotransmitters?
Epinephrine, Adrenaline, and Norepinephrine.
True or False: Irritable bowel syndrome (GI disease) is related to anxiety and depression.
Stress and overwhelm are common emotions. Describe the difference.
Stressed - being in the weeds, having a lot to
Overwhelmed - being blown away, body shuts down
When you hug your friend, what neurotransmitter is released?
Oxytocin
Do mental health struggles get subsequently better or worse from first generation, to second generation, to third generation immigrants.
Mental health struggles get subsequently worse.
In “Dead Poets Society” what mental health disorder does Neil Perry struggle with and ultimately succumb to?
Depression
Gut bacteria make what percent of the body’s supply of serotonin, to regulate mood? (E.g. 30, 40, 50, 75, or 95%)
95%
True of False: The belief that woman are more emotional than men persists as a strong gender stereotype
True. Labeling women as “emotional” undermines their credibility.
If you want to be calm after feeling fearful (epinephrine flood), what neurotransmitter needs to be involved?
GABA
What is Ataxophobia?
A fear of untidiness that is associated with OCD
In Phantom of Opera, which character is grieving the loss of a father and struggling with Depression.
The protagonist, Christine Daaé.
What is an Ayurvedic diet?
Eating based on your body type, and what suits your specific constitution.