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Chapter 8 Flashcards

1
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2 dimensions of emotion

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valance, arousal

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2
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Valance

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how pos or neg the experience is

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3
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arousal

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how active or passive the experience is

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4
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Pos or neg experiences are associated with

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physiological reactivity

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5
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Emotions contain both?

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emotional experience and physiological arousal

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6
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James-Lange theory

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stimulus –> Physiological arousal –> emotional experience

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7
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Cannon-Bard theory

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stimulus –> physiological arousal + emotional experience

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8
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Two- factor theory

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Physical arousal + cognitive interpretation –> emotional experience

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9
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Amygdala

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  • production of emotion

- critical in making appraisals

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10
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What are the basic emotions

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  • Disgust
  • Anger
  • Fear
  • Happiness
  • Sadness
  • Surprise
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11
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Misattribution of arousal

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mislabel the source/ cause of arousal

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12
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Universality Hypothesis

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emotional expressions that have the same meaning for everyone

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13
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Cognitive Functions

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  • problem solving and perseverance

- make judgements

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14
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Motivational Functions

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  • motivated to seek pleasure not pain

- motivate to take action

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15
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Social Functions

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  • communication
  • humans need to belong to social groups
  • moebius syndrome
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5 needs

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  1. Physiological (food)
  2. Safety (home)
  3. Love/ belonging (family)
  4. Esteem
  5. Self-actualization
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17
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CAPRAS DELUSION

what is it?

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lack feeling familiarity when see familiar face

ex. looks like mom but not mom

18
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what does it tell us about function of emotion?

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  • help quick judgments about people

- importance for social bonds

19
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what brain areas are affected?

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fusiform gyrus in temporal lobe

20
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Sexual response cycle

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excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

21
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Gay males are most likely to have

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older male siblings

22
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Social Structural Theory

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Emphasizes cultural factors

23
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What determines sexual orientation?

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  • Prenatal hormone exposure
  • Behavioural Genetics
  • Fraternal Birth order effect
  • Hypothalamus
  • Quasi-Experiment
24
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Prenatal hormone exposure

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exposure to higher lvls of androgens (testosterone) during prenatal development

25
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Behavioural Genetics

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  • multiple genes
  • no gay genes
  • twins = significant genetic component
26
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Fraternal birth order effect

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gay males more likely to have older male siblings

27
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Hypothalamus

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hypothalamus smaller in gays but bc its smaller doesn’t mean your gay

28
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Quasi - Experiment

How to grow a lesbian

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boys w/ dick off at birth and raised as girl = still attracted to girls

29
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Instincts

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acting in such a way to produce certain ends, w/o foresight of ends, and w/o previous education in performance

30
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Drives

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internal states caused by physiological needs

31
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Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation

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Intrinsic- motivation to take actions that are rewarding

Extrinsic- motivation to take actions that LEAD to reward

32
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Conscious vs. unconscious motivation

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Conscious- motivations when aware

Unconscious- motivations when unaware

33
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Approach vs. avoidance motivation

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Approach- motivation to experience pos. outcomes

Avoidance- motivation to not experience neg outcomes

34
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Reliable signs of someone lying

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Slow-talking,

  • few details
  • ~ time before speaking
  • less plausible stories
  • higher voice pitch
  • less admitted lack of memory
  • fewer spontaneous corrections
35
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Unreliable signs of someone lying

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  • fast talking
  • response length
  • self-doubt
  • eye movement
  • smiling
36
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Are lie detector test accurate?

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no but better than chance

37
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Facial feedback hypothesis

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emotional expressions can cause emotional experiences

38
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What hormone triggers eating, and originates in the stomach (ON switch)

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Ghrelin

39
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What hormone releases fat cells as more fat is stored, and inhibits eating behaviour (OFF switch)

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Leptin

40
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Damage to lateral hypothalamus leads to

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reduced food intake

41
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Damage to ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus leads to

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increase in food intake

42
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Why do we overeat?

A
  • Evolution
  • Biochemical abnormalities
  • Social and emotional factors

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