ch 11 motivation and emotion

Question 1

mental states or feelings associated with our evaluation of our experiences

Answer 1

emotions

Question 2

Negative emotions, positive emotions

Answer 2

negative emotions - narrow attention (hyperfocus)
positive emotions - broaden thinking (encourages exploration and skill learning, more likely to do new things after positive emotions)

Question 3

features of emotions

Answer 3

eliciting stimuli, cognitive appraisal, behavioral tendencies, expressive behavior, instrumental behavior

Question 4

eliciting stimuli

Answer 4

the thing that sets off emotions, influence of innate biological factors
internal stimuli - memory (thinking about it)
exteral stimuli - watching a movie, interacting with someone

Question 5

psychological responses brain parts

Answer 5

amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus interacting with cerebral cortex

Question 6

dual pathway of emotion

Answer 6

thalamus sends information to both cognitive appraisal (cerebral cortex) which interprats those emotions and the amygdala which is the emotional and behavioral reaction

Question 7

hemispheric activation

Answer 7

left side likes positive emotions, ride side likes negative emotions

Question 8

expressive behaviors

Answer 8

observable displays of emotion.
it lets us share our feelings with others and lets us understand what others are feeling.
read emotions and react accordingly

Question 9

fundamental emotional patterns

Answer 9

expression of certain emotions.
certain emotions are innate, born with it