MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
Hello! My name is Dr Aalap Asurlekar, a Core Psychiatry Trainee in the UK and the creator and host of MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials.
Having experienced firsthand the challenge of preparing for the MRCPsych exams alongside full-time clinical work, I created this podcast to make high-quality, structured revision more accessible.
Each episode focuses on key syllabus topics, explained in clear and structured language to help you understand and retain the most important concepts.
Whether you are a psychiatry trainee preparing for Paper A, B, or CASC, or a medical student looking to strengthen your psychiatry knowledge, this podcast is designed to fit around your schedule. Episodes include exam-style questions and clinical scenarios to support active recall, so you can revise during commutes, walks, or between shifts.
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MRCPsych on the Go: Revision Essentials
25. Do We All Feel the Same Things? Ekman, Plutchik and Emotional Arousal
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Can the same emotion mean something different depending on who is feeling it, or where in the world they live? And does being more emotionally aroused always mean you perform better?
In this episode, we explore the differentiation of emotions, the debate around primary emotions, and the relationship between emotional arousal and performance. Topics include Ekman's six primary emotions and his cross-cultural research, Plutchik's wheel of emotions, Feldman Barrett's theory of constructed emotion, and the Yerkes-Dodson Law alongside Easterbrook's cue utilisation hypothesis. The clinical relevance of these ideas to anxiety, depression and therapeutic practice is discussed.
Ideal for MRCPsych Part A revision, psychology students and anyone curious about what emotions really are and where they come from.
Aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists MRCPsych Part A syllabus, paragraph 1.1.8.
