Emotion Flashcards
the components of emotion
cognitive
physiological
behavioral
cognitive component of emotion
one’s subjective conscious experience
appraisal/evaluation of situations
hot cognition
emotional, fast, unconscious, automatic, effortless, body
involves the limbic system
cold cognition
rational, slow, conscious, deliberate, effortful, mind
involves the neocortex
physiological component of cognition
autonomic arousal accompanied by visceral (voluntary) arousal
measured by the Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), polygraph, and fMRI
behavior component of cognition
characteristic overt expression of emotion
involves body language and facial expression
what are the basic emotions?
happiness sadness anger disgust surprise fear (contempt)
facial feedback hypothesis
muscular feedback from one’s own facial expressions contributes to the conscious experience of emotion
microexpressions
rapid facial movements tied to underlying emotions
are there gender differences in cognition?
NO.
Both men and women are more emotional than logical
James-Lange theory
emotional experience results from physiological arousal
Cannon-Bard theory
physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously
Schachter-Singer theory
physiological arousal + cognitions = emotional experience
