Emotion Flashcards
Emotion - short and temporary
Mood - sustained subjective ongoing emotional experience
emotion vs mood
Sadness
Happiness
Anger
Fear
Disgust
Surprise
Basic emotion theory
Emotions that are especially common within a particular culture
Focal emotions
Emotions are biologically based and universal
Evolutionary approach to emotion
Evolutionary approach to emotion
Constructivist approach to emotion
Emotions that promote specific cultural values and ideals are valued more and as a result should play a more prominent role in the social lives of individuals
Affect evaluation theory
Cultural rules specifying what emotions should and should not be expressed under what circumstances
Display rules for emotion
Positive emotions broaden thoughts and actions
Broaden-and-build hypothesis
Physiological responses cause emotion
Each emotion has a distinct pattern of physiological change
Ex: hot hands = anger, cold feet = fear
Perceived event → physiological/behavioral responses → emotion
James-Lange Theory
Emotion and physiology are simultaneous
Thalamus (info hub) receives sensory info
Sends it to cerebral cortex and peripheral nervous system at the same time
Emotion is created directly in the brain and moves out to the body
Perceived event → physiological/behavioral response + emotional experience
Cannon-Bard Theory
Cognitive interpretation of the event is important
How you make sense of the event influences how you feel about it
People can have different emotional responses to the same stimulus
Physiological arousal + cognitive interpretation → emotional experience
Appraisal Theory
(ex.in response to an angry or rude customer, two customer service employees may have completely different emotional responses, depending on their appraisals of that situation)
We use our emotions as a guide to decision making
Feelings as information
Predictions about how life events will influence happiness
Affective forecasting
Focusing on how a single future event will influence happiness without considering other events
Focalism
The human tendency to underestimate the speed and the strength of the “psychological immune system,” which enables emotional recovery and resilience after bad things happen
Immune neglect