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What are the basic components of emotion?
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they are a response of the whole organism involving: physical arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
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James-Lange theory of emotion.
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this theory proposes that physiological activity precedes the emotion experience.
EX: "We are sad b/c we cry" "We are happy b/c our heart is beating faster" "We are afraid b/c we tremble" |
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
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this theory proposes that an emotion-triggering stimulus and the body's arousal take place simultaneously.
You would experience emotion normally. |
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Schachter's Two-Factor theory of emotion
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this theory proposes that they are physiologically similar, so an emotional experience requires conscious interpretation of the physiological arousal.
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Schachter's Spill Over Effect
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when our arousal response to one event spills over into our response to another event.
Schachter gave college men an injection of the hormone epinephrine. Then participants went to a waiting room where there was another person acting either euphoric (really happy) or irritated. Some participants were told that their heart would race, their body would flush, and their breathing would become more rapid. If told to expect these effects from injection: no emotion. If told the injection would have no effect: they "caught" the apparent emotion of the person they were with. (Arousal can be experienced as one emotion or another depending on how we label it.) |
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Evidence that emotion sometimes precedes cognition
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(Sometimes our emotional reactions can be quicker than our interpretation of the situation.)
A subliminally presented happy face can encourage subjects to drink more than when presented with an angry face. Emotions are felt directly through the amygadala (a) or through the cortex (b) for analysis. B-the thinking high road A-the speedy low road When fearful eyes were subliminally presented to subjects, fMRI scans revealed higher levels of activity in the amygadala. But emotions such as guilt, happiness, and love arise from our interpretations that appraisal also determines emotions. |
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The adaption level phenomenon
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the tendency to judge various stimuli relative to those we have previously experienced.
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The relative deprivation principle
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we compare ourselves with others and whether we feel good or bad depends on who those others are.
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What does the feel good do good phenomenon refer to?
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when we feel happy we are more willing to help others.
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The physiology of emotion - The autonomic nervous system
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Physiological Similarities-
physiological responses related to the emotions of fear, anger, love, and boredom, are very similar. Excitement and fear involve a similar physiological arousal. Physiological Differences- physical responses, like finger temperature and movement of facial muscles, change during fear, rage, and joy. Activity of the left hemisphere (happy) is different from the right (depressed) for emotions. |
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What is the relationship between arousal and performance?
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Arousal in short spurts are adaptive. We perform better under moderate arousal, but optimal performance varies with task difficulty.
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