Emotion Flashcards
What is Schachter 2 factor theory?
Emotion is a consequence of combining information from our bodies with perception of what goes on around us
What type of approach is appraisal theory?
Functional - emotion consequence for behaviour as opposed to introspective qualities
How did Schachter conduct his experiments?
Subjects injected with adrenaline and put in a euphoric or angry condition
What was Schachter’s ideas of appraisal?
Physiological and cognitive responses acting in parallel, cannot be independently manipulated
What is James’ feedback theory?
Body senses at the heart of emotional experience and the body reacts automatically to an event
What did Cannon argue?
Emotional experience is generated inside the brain
What is emotional labour?
Appraisals can be manipulated by both experimenters and employers
How is agency structure dualism applied to emotion?
Biological propensity to experience emotions and some may be automatic responses to dangerous stimuli
How are emotions and social identity entwined?
Affected by the groups we belong to
Who coined the phrase Appraisal Theory?
Magda Arnold
How do power and situated knowledge fit in with emotions?
History of deception in study of emotion and the power of the experimenter has seldom been questioned
What are the main problems with the claim that expressions are universal?
Non-westerners do not do well on matching faces to words
Not everyone reacted the same in Schachter’s experiments - why?
Imposed his definition of happy or angry, not serious as known to be an experiment
How ethical was Schachter’s experiment?
Unethical - subjects unwittingly drugged, power issues
What does Ekmans’ neurocultural theory argue?
Preprogrammed patterns of emotional response (eg facial expressions of fear and flight)
