Emotion- Chapter 13 Flashcards
James-Lange Theory
- stimulus
- physiological arousal and behavior changes
- experience emotion
The Cannon-Bard Theory
emotion-triggering stimulus and bodies arousal take place simultaneously
Schachter’s two-factor theory of emotion
physiological and out congnitions create emotions. emotions have two factors: physical arousal and cognitive label
LeDoux’s two routes to emotion
short route: stressor in environment- thalamus- amygdala- stress response system.
long route: stressor in environment- thalamus- cortex/hippocampus- amygdala- stress response system
two dimensions of emotion
positive and negative vs. high arousal vs. low arousal
cognition and emotion
arousal response to 1 event spills over into ur response to the next event
autonomic nervous system
mobilizes energy in the body and arouses us. releases epinephrine
arousal and performance
arousal in short spurts is adaptive
physiological differences
physical responses like finger temperature and facial muscles change during fear, rage, and joy. diff R and L Hemisphere
polygraph
lie detection. measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion. looking at changes on graph
Guilt knowledge test
used to assess a suspects response to details of a crime. series of MC Q’s w’ 1 response relevant to the crime and 3-4- neutral responses. more accurate than a polygraph
nonverbal communication
anything that is not verbal
angry faces
pop out at us faster. migt be a survival factor
gender, emotion, and nonverbal behavior
women are more likely to describe themselves as empathetic, cant detect happiness in men. men express anger, women are more expressive
detecting and computing emotion
people find it difficult to find deceiving emotions
culture and emotional expression
darwin said they are universal but Margret Mead said they are cultural
the effects of facial expressions
when people mimicked expressions of emotion, they experienced those emotions
the biology of fear
the amygdala plays a key roll in associating various emotions, including fear in certain situations
catharsis
emotional release, relieves agressive urges
feel-good, do-good phenomenon
peoples tendency to do good when t hey are already in a good mood
subjective well-being
own opinion on how happy you are. self perceived happiness or satisfaction with life. used along with measures of objective well being. physical and economic indication to evaluate peoples quality of life.
the adaption-level principle
happiness is relative to our prior experience. you adapt to your highest happiness
the relative deprivation principle
perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares ones self
happy people tend to..
have high self-esteem, be optimistic outgoing and agreeable, have close friendships or a satisfying marriage, have work and leisure that engage their skills, have a meaningful religious faith, sleep well and exercise.
