315 chapter 12 Flashcards
Descartes
emotion instills a goal, in person consciousness that emotion then prepares the body/mind to achieve the goal of emotion, hence emotions serve as motivation
different appraisals
same event produce different emotions
same appraisals
different events produce same emotion
amygdala
part of brain that conducts a guide and crude evaluation of novel situations for persons well being, also appraise stimulus below level of consciousness
cortex
involved in later more extensive appraisal
negative stimulus
detected sooner then positive stimulus
fear faces
recognized sooner then happy faces
subliminal priming
presenting an emotion stimulus below a persons conscious awareness; can affect emotion channel (smile muscles)
extrapyramidal system
spontaneous expressions emerge form an evolutionary older part of brain
cortical motor strip
voluntary expressions
extrapyramidal system and cortical motor strip function
send information to facial nerve which connects on facial muslce
blind facial expressions
innate, less refined because lack of practice and don’t benefit from feedback; David matsumoto
emotion recognition
studies show that expressions of emotion all recognized similarly the world over; 63-96%, members identify expressions more accurately for own culture group then for different groups
dialect facial expression
vary by country, modified to meet social requirement of specific culture
read out hypothesis
a facial expression conveys on individual emotional feeling to another individual
behavioral ecology hypothesis
facial expressions are in service to ones social motive to influence others; facials expressions need not be linked to feelings
social facial vasodilation
certain social situation, small blood vessels of face and neck expand to permit increased blood blow into those areas, visible blushing in people with pale skin
blushing
evaluated, scrutinized, stared at, criticized, praised excessively, violation of social norms, considered incompetent, rude, immoral
blush for appeasement
person cares about social normas and want to repair any social damage that was caused in order to deter retardation; blush to escape unwanted attention by casting ones gaze downward to escape scrutiny from others and make others less noticeable to blushing individual
display rule
learned social conventions that specify what voluntary facial expressions are to be exhibited in specific situation; people differ in extent they feel rules should be followed
display rule assessment inventory
measure the extent that people feel they should alter their facial expressions in presence of family member, close friends, collegues and strangers in various situations
motive for action
function of emotions is to induce the individual to deal specifically with emotional event
action readiness
impluse/urge to behave in a particular manner, state of preparedness for course of behavior to achieve the aim/goal of an emotion
affective realism hypothesis
persons perceptions is based on incoming information + prediction by the brain of what that’ll be, predictions are derived from an individual affect thats the result of prior experience from listening to music, viewing affective faces, or smelling odors
most emotions are negative
motivation ceases when
subjective well being
happiness, pleasant feeling a person tries to achieve; happy person= satisfied with life, experiences positive affect, less frequent negative affect
rise of positive psychology
studying healthy development as important as studying diseases to learn; process that can control positive growth, much can be learned how both routes differ
PERMA
positive emotion (happiness), engagement, positive relationships, meaning and purpose, accomplishment
happy people have
social wealth (respect, friends, family), physical health, romantic partner, basic physical needs and psychological needs
set point level of happiness
level of happiness to which a persons consistently returns following increase or decrease in happiness. partically genetically determined (glass half empty/full); associated with high extroversion and agreeableness and low level of neuroticism
hedonic treadmill
people act to try to increase happiness but it’s only temporally, retune to set point, resembles walking down escalator; above 0, some life events don’t allow return to set point/take longer time (divorce)
moderation
strives for middle, good in between of happy and sad
increase happiness
acting kindly, counting blessing, mindfulness mediation visualizing an ideal future self, uniting letters of gratitude, thinking what grateful for, influence future behavior; people happier before marriage= married longer
