Chapter 6 (Emotions) Flashcards
What is darwins theory regarding emotions
He was focused more in biology and comparative perspective (action coding system in expression)
He found out that there are similarities in emotions between species and between cultures
what is comparative psychology
When you look for similarities and differences between behaviour and biology between species
what are the 6 basic emotions in humans
- Anger
- Disgust
- Fear
- Happiness
- Sadness
- Surprise
Are all emotions of humans present in infants
no, contempt, shame and guilt are not present
What is ethology
it looks at the evolutionary origins of behaviours for survival
Most importnat one was niko tinbergen
What are Nico Tinbergens 4 questions
- Mechanism (Causation)
- Ontogeny (Development)
- Adaptive Value (Function)
- Phylogeny (Evolution)
Answer nico tunbergens 4 questions regarding birdsinging
- Mechanism: Brain Mechanism
- Ontogeny: How does singing develop in different conditions
- Adaptive Value: Mating
- Phylogeny:
Answer nico tunbergens 4 questions regarding human emotions
- Mechanism: Neurology
- Ontogeny: Look at different age groups
- Adaptive Value: risk evaluation
- Phylogeny: look at other species etc
What are the 3 main personality structures in psychoanalysis
Id: Desires and impulses
Ego: mediator between id and superego
Superego: conscience and rules
Why is freuds theory still important today
there are actually neuroscientific supports for his theories
What are freuds psychosexual stages
- Oral stage (year 1): exploring with mouth for exploration and sexual pleasure
- Anal stage (year 3):
- Phallic stage (year 6): oedipus and electra complex
- Latency stage (year 12): child finds out anything sexual results in penalty
- Genital stage (puberty):
What are the 8 stages of psychosocial development according to erikson
- Trust (year 1)
- Autonomie (year 3) (doing stuff ourself)
- Guilt (year 6) (confidence)
- inferiority (year 12) (comparison with others)
- Identity (year 18)
- Isolation (year 40) (opening up)
- Generativity (year 60) (helping next generation)
- Integrity (open end) (looking back)
Are Emotions nature or nuture
There are many evidences that they are from nature, but of course there are still researcher that
in what dimensions are darwin and ekman
nature and passive
in what dimensions is berrret Feldman with her constructivism
nurture and active