Emotion

Question 1

3 components of emotion?

Answer 1

subjective feelings, bodily changes, action tendencies

Question 2

Emotional states

Answer 2

can change depending on the situation

Question 3

Emotional traits

Answer 3

something a person consistently experiences

Question 4

Categorical approach

Answer 4

focus on the small distinct emotions

Question 5

Paul Ekman

Answer 5

distinct facial expressions across, even blind people at birth make these expressions

Question 6

Izard (1977)

Answer 6

we distinguish our emotions by what we attach to the actual emotion

Question 7

Dimensional approach

Answer 7

based on empirical research rather than theory

Question 8

What are the 2 dimensions of the dimensional approach?

Answer 8

Valence; pleasant/unpleasant
Arousal; high or low arousal

Question 9

Content vs Style?

Answer 9

content; the actual emotions we feel
style; how we experience emotions

Question 10

Eudaimonia

Answer 10

the highest good is if we have meaning and purpose

Question 11

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Answer 11

happiness lies in the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure

Question 12

William James

Answer 12

Ratio of one’s accomplishments to
one’s aspirations

Question 13

What 2 ways have researchers defined happiness?

Answer 13

1-judgement that life is satisfying
2-Predomiant of positive relative to negative emotions

Question 14

Direct model

Answer 14

personality causes emotional reaction

Question 15

Indirect model

Answer 15

personality causes a person to adopt a lifestyle that causes them t have a certain emotional reaction

Question 16

Diathesis-stress model

Answer 16

stessful life event triggers depression amongst people with preexsiting vulnerability

Question 17

cognitive schema

Answer 17

a persons mental framework for seeing the world

Question 18

cognitive triad

Answer 18

self, world, future