Chapter 11 Flashcards
a state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings and tendencies toward actions
emotion
emotions that are considered to be universal and biologically based
primary emotion
emotions that are specific to certain cultures
secondary emotions
the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed
facial feedback
brain cells that fire when a person or animal observes others carrying out an action, they are involved in empathy, imitation, and reading emotions
mirror neurons
social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person may express (or suppress) emotions
display rules
expression of an emotion, often because of a role requirement, that a person does not really feel
emotion work