Emotion

Question 1

Emotion has 3 components

Answer 1

• physiological
• cognitive
• behavioral

Question 2

Ekman’s universal emotions

Answer 2

1) happiness
2) sadness
3) anger
4) fear
5) disgust
6) surprise

Question 3

James-Lange Theory

Answer 3

stimulus -> physiological response -> emotion
(physiological arousal causes emotion)
Ex: bear -> increase HR -> fear

Question 4

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 4

stimulus -> physiologic response & emotion (simultaneous)
Ex: bear -> heart rate & fear
- emotions have their own pathways

• cannon hits you all at once -> simultaneous

Question 5

Schachter-Singer Theory

Answer 5

or Attribution of Arousal Theory

stimulus -> physiological arousal -> cognitive appraisal -> emotion
- there’s a mental attribution of what elicits the emotion (what you attribute cognitively)

• two S.S. -> double factor authentication -> physiological + cognitive

Question 6

Carryover Effect

Answer 6

scary movie -> dinner

• can manipulate attribution of arousal
• scary movie increase HR which increase level of attraction to date