aspects of emotions Flashcards
Biological aspects
- activating Autonomic nervous system and release of hormones
- Subcortical Brain Circuits stimulation
- facial feedback: musculature expression
Cognitive Aspects
Appraisals
Knowledge
Attributions
BAS)
behavioral approach system
FFS)
fight-or-flight system
BIS)
behavioral inhibition system
•Facial feedback
emotion is the awareness of proprioceptive feedback from facial behavior, based on – (1) movements of the musculature– (2) changes in temperature, – (3) changes in glandular activity
James-Lange
Peripheral) theory of emotion
”I feel afraid, because I run.”
Cannon-Bard
Central) theory of emotion
1. Sensory organs take in the emotional stimulus.
2. The stimulus is relayed to the cortex
3. As the thalamic centers discharge precipitately and
intensely, they excite both visceral and afferent paths to cortex
Schachter and Singer’s experiment:
•Placebo solution+no information - Epinephrin solution + informed about side effects, ignorant about sideeffects' Misinformed about sideeffects
outcome Schachter and Singer’s experiment:
– placebo group: less happy, less angry
– informed group: less happy, less angry
– ignorant group: more happy, more angry
– misinformed group: more happy, more angry
Appraisal
is a cognitive process that evaluates the
significance of environmental events in terms of one’s wellbeing
mimicry,
synchronize their movements with the facial expresions and stuff
feedback,
emo. experiences is affected by the feedback from mimicry
contagion
‘catch on to other peoples emotions’