12: Emotions 1 Flashcards
What are the three parts to an emotional experience?
Physiological arousal
appraisal
subjective experience
Whats the difference between emotions vs mood?
Emotion: an intense affective state
- it’s subjective
- they tend to be short lived (consciously experienced0
- in response to something
- influences behavior
Mood: A judgement about your affective state
- Not as intense, diffuse and long lived
- Not always in response to something
- not always conscious
- influences behavior
What is the common sense view? Who established it?
Common sense view was established by william James.
Stimulus -> Emotional response -> Physiological response
What is the James-Lange theory?
Stimulus -> Physiological response -> Emotional response
What are some criticisms of the James-Lange theory?
People often respond physiologically after feeling the emotion
We aren’t always aware of our bodily changes
other events cause physiological reactions
far more emotions than bodily reactions
Also, by the James-Lange theory, a paralyzed person wouldn’t have an emotional response, but they do
What is the cannon-Bard theory?
This theory states:
stimulus -> Physiological response
-> Emotional response
They happen independently and at the same time
What are some criticisms and support for The Cannon-Bard theory?
Evidence: People who are quadriplegic still experience emotions
Criticism:
- while people who are disabled still experience emotions, they are somewhat dulled
What is the Schachter-Singer two-Factor theory?
States that:
Stimulus -> Physiological response
-> Cognitive label (fuzzy bear! vs. Death machine bear!)
both lead to -> Emotional response
Think of study where people were given adrenaline. Informed people didn’t respond to mad/happy actors, uninformed people assumed that they were also happy/unhappy due to actor
What is the Lazarus’ Cognitive Mediational Theory?
The theory states that we have:
stimulus
Appraisal: evaluation of the emotionally relevant aspects of the stimulus
Cognitive interpretation (interpretation of appraisal)
Emotional Response
Explain Ledoux’s Fast and slow routes:
His theory explains why you get scared even when you’re expecting it.
Essentially:
Jump scare ->Thalamus ->Cortex (same time as)
-> Amygdala
The amygdala responds faster and tells you to be scared. After your panic attack, your cortex tells your amygdala to calm down.
This is why you experience fear emotion, then relief emotion
How does your vision work? How is your brain linked to your body?
Brain is organized oppositely to your body.
Ex/ Signal from left eye goes to right brain
Signal from right eye goes to left brain
What happens when we see something, but our amygdala is damaged?
If we see something, but our amygdala is damaged, there is no emotional response
If we do not see something but our amygdala is intact, it is possible to have emotion reaction
The amygdala is involved in appraisal of stimulus
