Emotion Flashcards
8 main emotions
Joy,trust,fear,surprise, sadness, disgust,anger, anticipation
Emotion
State or response.
Physiological-body responding internally like heart rate and pupils
Psychological- thinking, mind
Behavioral- act out,show on face
James Lange theory
First comes the stimulus, then the physiological response (body) then psychological experience (mind)
Ex: Rottweiler-> adrenaline-> fear
Cannon bard theory
Stimulus
Then physiological and psychological occur at same time
Ex: heart pounding and experiencing fear at same time
Schacter singer
Two factor theory
Stimulus, then physiological response
Then a cognitive labeling thinking piece. Then psychological response
Zajonc and ladoux
No conscious thinking Stimulus Physiological and psychological Instinctual and automatic Ex: feel startled in a forest before we label it
Brain and emotion
Limbic system
Disgust- insular cortex
Fear-amygdala
Anger-prefrontal cortex
Left and right side
Left responsible for positive emotions like happiness and surprise
Right responsible for negative emotions like fear anger and hatred
Happiness-ways to feel happy
Facial feedback hypothesis- you smile and feel happy be grateful, use a journal Exercise Friends Spiritual side
Intrinsic and extrinsic
Intrinsic- psychological needs, personal growth, relationships, community feeling
Extrinsic- rewards,getting stuff, money, image, status
Lazarus
Cognitive appraisal ( is it dangerous or not) sometimes without out awareness defines emotion Ex: the sound is just the wind
Emotion and the autonomic nervous system
Triggers your adrenal glands to release stress hormones. Liver pours extra sugar into your blood stream for energy
Help burn the sugar respiration increases increase bp and hr.
Sympathetic nervous system
Pupils dilate
Salvation decreases
Sweat
Heart rate up
Parasympathetic
Calming
Pupils contract
Salivation increaed
Heart rate slows
