Emotion Flashcards
What is an emotion?
A relatively brief episode of synchronized
physiological, behavioral, and subjective responses
What are the three aspects of emotions: “feelings,” autonomic responses, and somatic responses?
1) Autonomic responses: sympathetic
activation, hormonal (physiological
component)
2) “Feelings”: introspection (subjective
reaction)
3) Somatic responses: behavioral tendency
to approach or avoid something, facial
expressions (behavioral response)
What are the functions of emotions?
Regulate arousal
● Direct perception and attention
● Influence learning and memory
● Motivate behavior
● Communicate with others
○ Smiling
○ Crying
○ Embarrassment
What is the evolutionary view of emotion as originally proposed by Darwin?
They help us survive, they allow us to adapt to situations and out of danger, and protect our young.
Why are facial expressions important?
To communicate how you feel about what we’re doing, hypothesized part of our evolutionary heritage.
Which of the following best illustrates the adaptive value of emotion?
Joy would assert her feelings of anger
toward anyone who hurt her kid.
What are Ekman’s six (or seven) basic emotions?
Happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, fear, surprise, contempt
How was the face emotions across the cultures and countries research done?
Along a series of studies, Ekman found high agreement across members of diverse Western and Eastern literate cultures on selecting emotional labels that fit facial expressions.
What evidence suggests that these emotions are innate (inborn)?
We can identify how people are feeling
Which of the following are basic emotions that people can usually identify in photographs, according to Ekman?
happiness, sadness, surprise
What are display rules?
Cultural rules that govern
the expression of emotion. (boys don’t cry)
What is the discrete approach?
Discrete emotions approach: An
approach to analyzing emotions that
focuses on one specific emotion at a time. Treating each emotion categorically distinct from others.
What is the Dimensional approach?
An approach to analyzing emotions that focuses on dimensions such as pleasantness and activation. (how two emotions overlap)
What are the three main contributors to happiness?
- Your baseline happiness (genetically determined) (50%)
- Intentional Activities you do (40%)
- Life Circumstances (10%)
What can we do to change our happiness?
Feeling grateful for the things we have, savoring positive experiences, and using our strengths.
