10- Understanding the Interaction between Emotion and Cognition Flashcards
When do attentional biases occur?
When emotional stimuli capture attention
How are anxious people affected by attentional biases?
They are more drawn to emotionally charged faces
What seems to enhance early vision processes?
Fear
What seems to influence speech perception?
A negative mood
Which events tend to have better memory associated?
Emotional events
What seems to be detrimental for cognition?
Intense emotion
Which memories seem to be associated with greater recall?
Flashbulb memories with emotional intensity
How are central and peripheral details affected by strong negative emotions?
Enhance memory for certain details at the expense of memory for peripheral details
Which memories do we recall when we are in a good mood?
Positive memories
What is integral affect?
Affect stemming from a decision at hand or be influenced by the anticipated outcome effects
What may incidental effects from other sources influence?
Our decision making
What does the affect heuristic involve?
Substituting target attributes in decision problems
Who came up with the theories of emotion?
Pinel and Barnes, 2021
What did the James-Lange theory argue?
Autonomic activity and behaviour are triggered by the emotional event produce the feeling of emotio
How does the Cannon-Bard theory view emotional experience and emotional expression?
As parallel processes with no direct causal relation
What 3 factors are involved in the modern biopsychological view?
Perception of the emotion-inducing stimulus, autonomic and somatic responses to the stimulus, experience of emotion
What does the modern biopsychological view?
Each factor can influence the others
What does Quinlan say about the Oatley and Johnson-Laird theory?
Mind is composed of a set of modules or autonomous processers- self-contained and has an associated information processing goal
How is the Oatley and Johnson-Laird modules organised?
Hierarchically
What is the role of the overarching controller?
To coordinate operations
What do appraisal theories have in common?
The assertion that emotions result from our interpretations of, or reactions to, events
What did Lazarus argue about cognitive appraisal?
It is fundamental to emotional experience
What did Lazarus argue about cognitive aspects and emotion?
They are inseparable aspects
What is primary appraisal?
An initial assessment of a situation
What is secondary appraisal?
To assess the available resources for us to deal with
What is reappraisal?
It continuously monitors the situation until resolved
