Defining and recognizing emotions Flashcards
Defining Emotion:
Combination of Arousal & Pleasure
Emotional Expression & Recognition
Self-Conscious Emotions
- Powerful role in nonverbal communication
- Central role in socialization
- Emotions that occur as a function of how well we live up to expectations of ourselves, others, and society
- Embarrassment * Shame
- Guilt
- Humiliation
- Pride
Universality of Emotional Expression
- Paul Ekman
- Compared people from literate and preliterate cultures
- Found consistency across cultures in identifying face matching an emotional situation for 5 of the 6 basic emotions
Classic Theories of Emotion
James-Lange Theory
Feel emotion after body reacts
Canon-Bard Theory
Event causes both physiological arousal and emotion
Directed Facial Action Task
Physiological States of Emotion
Distinct Physiological Responses for Negative Emotions
Facial Feedback Hypothesis
Schachter-Singer Two Factor Theory
- Physiological arousal interpreted by cognitive label
Misattribution of Arousal
Emotional Recognition and the Amygdala
Fast & Slow Pathways of Fear
Emotional Regulation
- Cognitive and behavioral efforts people use to modify their emotions
- Reappraisal
- Expressive-suppression
Lie Detection: Polygraph Test
Deceptive Expressions: Which is Genuine?
Real or Genuine Smiles
How much can you tell from a face?