Emotion

Question 1

Paul Eckman

Answer 1

Universal Emotions: happiness, sadness, contempt, surprise, anger, disgust, fear

Question 2

James-Lange Theory

Answer 2

STIMULUS –> PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL –> EMOTIONAL RESPOSNE

– Changes in physiological responses elicit an emotional response

Question 3

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 3

STIMULUS –> SENSORY PROCESSING

• -> PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL + EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
• • Thalamus processes stimuli to produce a physiological and emotional response

Question 4

Schachter-Singer Theory

Answer 4

STIMULUS –>

• -> PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL + COGNITIVE INTERPRETATION –> EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
• • 2 factor theory

Question 5

Explicit Memory System

Answer 5

Memory about emotions – conscious

medial temporal lobe, hippocampus

Question 6

Implicit Memory System

Answer 6

Emotional memory – unconscious

amygdala

Question 7

Limbic System

Answer 7

Receives stimuli from prefrontal cortex and sensory systems to process emotions
AMYGDALA: process environmental cues, fear response and interpreting facial expressions
HIPPOCAMPUS: creates context for emotional responses (long term memories)
HYPOTHALAMUS: connects emotional response to the endocrine system

Question 8

Prefrontal Cortex

Answer 8

executive coordination of stimuli – cognitive portion of emotion, interpret signal from the brain stem