Emotion 1

Question 1

6 basic emotions

Answer 1

• Joy
• Anger
• Sadness
• Disgust
• Surprise
• Fear

Question 2

Emotions as reflexes

Answer 2

Specific stimuli trigger emotions so they are quite simple and automatic.
However emotions are flexible, many different stimuli can elicit different emotions

Question 3

William James on emotion

Answer 3

He said that emotion follows bodily response and not the other way around.

Question 4

Types of data about emotions

Answer 4

• Conscious feelings
• Attributing emotions through observing behaviour
• Neuroscience measures
• Psychophysiology & endocrine measures

Question 5

Darwin on emotion

Answer 5

• Focused on physical expressions of emotions, similarities across people and cultures.
• Emotion expression served an adaptive function

Question 6

Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

Answer 6

Anatomically based system to describe all visible facial movements.
Breaks down facial expressions into components of certain muscle movements.
Action units are used by scientists, animators and computer vision.

Question 7

Fear vs Disgust sensory exposure

Answer 7

Fear expression increases sensory exposure to detect source of threat
Disgust expression diminishes sensory exposure to avoid contaminants.

Question 8

Function of emotions these days

Answer 8

Original function is lost but now mainly serves as a social communication device.

Question 9

3 types of smiles

Answer 9

• Reward smiles: communicate positive experiences
• Affirmative smiles: signal appeasement, social bonds
• Dominance smiles: negotiate status in social hierarchies