emotion

Question 1

how are emotions adaptive

Answer 1

can facilitate adaptive responses to respond to challneges posed by environment
- emotions prepare our body for action and produce an adaptive output-> behaviour

Question 2

what 6 emotions did Ekman propose

Answer 2

sad, happy, anger, disgust, surprise and fear

Question 3

whats the dimensional account of emotion theory

Answer 3

emotions not in discrete categories
- but understood within a continuous space defined by a few core dimensions
- describes the underlying properties of emotion

Question 4

what are the 2 components of the dimensional account of emotion theory

Answer 4

• valence and arousal

Question 5

what does valence and arousal mean in emotion

Answer 5

• valence: describes the positivty or negativity of an emotion
• arousal: refers to level of energy or activation associated with an emotion

Question 6

whats the apprasisal theory of emotion

Answer 6

that emotions arise from our evaluations of situations, events or stimuli in realtion to our goals/ well being.
- emphasises how emotions are not automatic responses but are shaped by how individuals interpret significant experiences

Question 7

what are the two types of appraisals

Answer 7

• primary: how significant the event is, if its positive, stressful or detrimental to individual
• secondary: to cope with the consequences of the event

Question 8

role of amygdala in regulating emotion

Answer 8

• contributes to assesing and responding to environmental threats
• associated with emotional behaviours (fear and aggression mainly)
• prompts appropriate response

Question 9

whats it Called when there’s been damage to amygdala since childhood

Answer 9

focal bilateral amygdala lesions

Question 10

who was patient SM

Answer 10

• disease causing damage to amygdala
• no fear response, or very little fear recorded to fearful situations
• can response to other emotions very well and intactfully

Question 11

whats the dual pathway model of fear

Answer 11

• brain uses 2 pathways to process fear messages
• low road and high road

Question 12

what does the low road process of the dual pathway model of fear do

Answer 12

goes directly to amygdala, bypasses higher thinking of brain, triggers fear response

Question 13

what does the high road process of the dual pathway model of fear do

Answer 13

leads to cerebral cortex, where message is interpreted more carefully

Question 14

where does processing fear go to after stimuli

Answer 14

the sensory thalamus

Question 15

whats James- Lange’s theory of emotion

Answer 15

emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events

Question 16

whats cannon- bard’s theory of emotion

Answer 16

the physical and psychological experience of emotion happen at the same time, but one does not cause the other to

Question 17

whats emotion regulation

Answer 17

a field that explores how people control their own emotional state
- e.g rethinking a challenging situation to reduce anger or anxiety, hiding visible signs of sadness or fear, or focusing on reasons to feel happy or calm

Question 18

what is the most objective method to asses facial expressions of emotion

Answer 18

electromyographic recorsing of facial muscles