Approaches Flashcards
1
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Dimensional…
5
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Emotions on a dimension- range
Barret+Russell: 2 uncorrelated, misery/pleasure arousal/sleep
Watson+Tellegen: 2 uncorrelated pos/neg affect
Accounts for when we experience emotion, but do not display them.
Mauss+Robinson, 2009: FMRI brain activity- patterns of associated emotions.
2
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What did Russell, 2003 say?
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All emotional experiences can be defined using related dimensions.
Valence- pos/neg
Arousal- intensity
3
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Categorical…
3
*2
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Basic emotion theory- pictures of expressions
Widely used- Tomkins, 1962
Distinct emotions in each category- happy, sad, fearful and angry
- Naab+Russell, 2007: lacks Eco validity, too static, fake and highly intensified
- Ellsworth, 2013: basic emotions aren’t adequate for the full range.
