EMOTION

Question 1

emotion

Answer 1

a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological (the way that our brain/body might work) activity:

Question 2

Dimensions of emotion

Answer 2

valance- how positive or negative the experience is
arousal- how active or passive the experience is, and level of physiological reactivity involved

Question 3

early theory of emotion

Answer 3

James-Lange theory
emotional stimuli -> bodily response -> conscious emotional feeling

two-factor theory
stimulus -> general state of body arousal -> mind interprets as specific emotion

Question 4

current emotional theory

Answer 4

current researchers think that each emotion has some unique aspects (unlike the two-factor theory states) but not that each has its own unique “fingerprint”. Interpretation also plays an important role.

Question 5

Universality hypothesis:

Answer 5

emotional expression has the same meaning for all people (originally proposed by Darwin)

Question 6

5 universal cross-cultural emotions

Answer 6

Anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness

Question 7

Sincere emotions involve

Answer 7

Morphology: the use of reliable muscles (hard to control)
Symmetry: expression tend to be more symmetrical
Curation: last between 0.5-5 seconds
Temporal patterning: appear and disappear smoothly