Chapter 11 Flashcards
Define: emotion
arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisal, subjective feelings and tendencies toward action
Define: primary emotion
universal and biological based emotion
Define: secondary emotion
emotions specific to culture
What’s the difference between emotion and mood?
Moods are more intense and emotions don’t last as long
Define: affect
refers to the broad domain of feeling
What are the basic emotions defined by Eckman?
anger, happiness, sadness, danger, contempt, fear, surprise, and disgust
What do emotions help us with?
surviving, remembering people and situations, coping, communicating, avoiding pain and seeking pleasure
A “full smile” is known as a _______
Duchenne smile
A full smile includes movement of around the _____, and _____
mouth and eyes
The facial feedback hypothesis states…
that facial muscles send messages back to the brain about basic emotions
Define: mirror neurons
brain cells that help you learn from watching others do things
What are mirror neurons involved in?
empathy, imitation and reading emotion
Define: empathy
to sense the hurt or pleasure of another as one senses it
Spreading emotion from one person to another is known as…
mood contagion
Define: display rules
social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person can express or suppress emotion