Emotion

Question 1

What are the 3 components of emotion?

Answer 1

1. cognitive
2. physiological
3. behavioral

Question 2

What is the “cognitive” part of emotion?

Answer 2

this is the mental processing and appraisal

Question 3

What is the “behavioral” part of emotion?

Answer 3

this is the immediate reaction that is involuntary and automatic

Question 4

What is the “physiological” part of emotion?

Answer 4

these are the bodily processes

Question 5

What are the 3 main theories of emotion?

Answer 5

1. James-Lange
2. Cannon-Bard
3. Schacter-Singer

Question 6

What is the response order of the James-Lange theory of emotion?

Answer 6

1. stimulus
2. physiological response
3. emotion

Your emotion is based off of your physiological response

Question 7

What is the response order of the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion?

Answer 7

1. stimulus

2. physiological response + emotion

Question 8

What is the response order of the Schacter-Singer theory of emotion?

Answer 8

1. stimulus
2. physiological response
3. cognitive interpretation
4. emotion

Question 9

What are the universal emotions?

Answer 9

• happiness
• sadness
• anger
• fear
• surprise
• disgust

Question 10

What does it mean that emotion is “adaptive?”

Answer 10

it promotes an organism’s ability to thrive

Question 11

What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?

Answer 11

people perform best when they are “moderately aroused”

-neither too complacent not too overwhelmed (ie the sweet spot)

Question 12

What system is responsible for governing emotional responses?

Answer 12

the limbic system

Question 13

What structures are involved in the limbic system?

Answer 13

• hippocampus
• hypothalamus
• amygdala
• thalamus