Emotion Flashcards
Emotion
Emotions are a mix of
1) physiological activation
2) expressive behvaviors
3) conscious experience
Controversy*
Does physiologcial arousal precede or follow your emotional experience
Does congition precede emotion?
Commonsense View
you have an emotion and the physiology responds
When you become happy, your heart starts beating faster. First comes conscious awareness, then comes physiological activity
James-Lange Theory
William James/Carl Lanfe proposed an idea that was opposed to common sense.
*Proposes that physiological activity precedes the emotional experience
Cannon-Bard Theory
Walter Cannon/Philip Bard questioned and OPPOSED the James-Lange Theory
*proposed that an emotion-triggering stimulus and the body’s arousal take place simultaneously
Two-Factor Theory
Stanley Schachter/Jerome Singer
*proposed another theory that suggetss oyr physioology and cognions create emotions
*emtoions have two factors, physical arousal and congitive label
Schachter and Signer Study (epinephrine injection – confederate acting irritable or euphoric
*If told abut epinephrine –> no emotion
*If not told –> experience the emotion consistent with the confederate
*Take home point: the interpretation of the bodily arousal determines the emotional experience
IN ORDER TO HAVE A EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE YOU NEED BOTH PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CONGNITIVE
What is the connection between how we think (COGNITION) and how we feel (EMOTION)
- Cognition does not always precede emotion
Embodied Emotion
We know that emotions involve bodily responses. Some of these responses are very noticeable (butterflies in our stomach when fear occurs), but others are more difficult to discern (neurons activated in the brain)
Emotions and Autonomic Nervous System
During an emotional experience, our autonomic nervous system mobilizes energy in the body that arouses us
Physiologcial Similarities
Physiological responses related to the emotions of fear, anger, and love look very similar
*excitement and fear involve a similar physiological arousal
Physiological Differences
The amygdala shows differences in activation during the emotions of anger and rage. Acitivity of the left hemisphere (happy) is different from the right (depressed) for emotions
Two Routes to Emotion
Zajonic and LeDoux emphasize that some emotions are IMMEDIATE, W/) CONSCIOUS APPRAISAL
(Lazarus, Schatcher, and singer empahsziae apprasail also detrmines emitoons)
***Two pathways: a fast pathway and a slow pathway. The fast pathway, also known as the low road, allows for a quick assessment of a stimulus and preparation for immediate action. The slow pathway, also known as the high road, involves more detailed processing and consideration of the stimulus’s importance.
Expressed Emotion
Emotions are expressed on the face, by the body, and by the intonation of voice.
Emotional Expression
Facial expressions are fairly easy to recognize
