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| Arousal: in psychology, arousal refers to the state of heightened physiological and psychological activation. It encompasses increased alertness, responsiveness, and readiness for action. Factors such as stress, excitement, or danger can influence arousal, affecting cognitive and behavioral responses. See also Behavior, Actions, Stress._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Cognitive Science on Arousal - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 416 Arousal/Cognitive Science/Matthews: Cognitive scienceVsArousal theory: The hope of the early psychobiologists (e.g., Eysenck 1967)(1) that a small number of arousal mechanisms might explain personality effects in all their diversity has not been fulfilled. It appears that personality is distributed across an extensive set of mechanisms. I have proposed previously (e.g., Matthews 2000(2), 2008a(3)) that the various types of effect may be differentiated within a cognitive science framework that allows for three qualitatively different levels of explanation (Pylyshyn 1999(4)). >Explanation//Cognitive science. 1. Eysenck, H. J. 1967. The biological basis of personality. Springfield, IL: Thomas 2. Matthews, G. 2000. A cognitive science critique of biological theories of personality traits, History and Philosophy of Psychology 2: 1–17 3. Matthews, G. 2008a. Personality and information processing: a cognitive-adaptive theory, in G. J. Boyle, G. Matthews and D. H. Saklofske (eds.), Handbook of personality theory and testing, vol. I, Personality theories and models, pp. 56–79. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 4. Pylyshyn, Z. W. 1999. What’s in your mind?, in E. Lepore and Z. W. Pylyshyn (eds.), What is cognitive science?, pp. 1–25. Oxford: Blackwell Gerald Matthews, „ Personality and performance: cognitive processes and models“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cognitive Science Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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