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What are the two category systems of emotion?
What do they focus on? |
- One system categorizes emotion along two dimensions at once: valence and activity
- this system allows us to see how specific emotions cluster together depending whether they are active-negative, active-positive, or passive-positive Another system is based on its intensity - points to the impact of labeling an emotion with a particularly intense name - These systems focus on attributes of emotion, such as valence (whether it reflects a positive or negative feeling), activity (whether it implies action or passivity), or intensity (how strongly you felt it is) |
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What is Dualism?
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way of thinking that constructs polar opposite categories to encompass the totality of a thing, prompting us to think about it in an “either/or” fashion
- Ex: Think of all temperature as either hot or cold, or all of gender as either feminine or masculine |
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What is the Biological Theory of Emotion?
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- Assumes that emotion exists separately from thought and that we need thought only to bring a preexisting emotion to our conscious awareness
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What is the Social Interaction Theory of Emotion?
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Interested in how people interact with their social situation before, during, and after the experience of emotion
- Focuses on how the reactions of others to our gestures help us define what we are feeling |
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What is emotional contagion?
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the process of transferring emotions from one person to another; occurs when one person’s feelings “infect” those around him or her
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What is emotional experience?
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refers to feeling emotion and thus is intrapersonal in nature
- Ex: Belle felt nervous before her interview |
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What is communicating emotionally?
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suggests that emotion itself is not the content of the message but rather a property of it (Ex: Roberto yells at his wife telling her that she is making them late for dinner)
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What is emotional communication?
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actually talking about the experience of emotion to someone else
- Ex: Essie told Patrick how she was feeling about adopting a child as a single mom |
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What are emotional effects?
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relate to how emotional experience impacts communication behavior
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What are three ways emotion is communicated?
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1. Nonverbal cues
2. Verbal cues 3. Combination of cues |
