EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
what does valence refer to
the positive or negative quality of an emotional stimulus
what are emotions?
- reactions to the environment / experience
- generally have valence
- often lead to behaviors+thoughts that convey the underlying emotion
what;s the purpose of emotions
our brain’s way of responding to situations, helping us make sense of the world around us and guiding our actions
what functions do emotions have
mobilizing us for action and enabling communication to influencing perception and memory
why are emotions important?
- direct our attention
- organize our behavior
what are the primary emotions?
anger, fear, disgust, joy, sadness
what are the secondary emotions?
shame, guilt, pride, jealousyy, embarassment
when do secondary emotions come?
later in life
when do primary emotions develop?
they come first
what is apart of the limbic system
hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus
what is the hippocampus
plays an important role in emotion, learning, and memory
what is the amygdala?
plays a role in aggression, eating, drinking, and sexual behaviors
what is the hypothalamus
monitors blood levels of glucose, salt, blood, pressure and hormones
what is LeDoux’s theory?
emotions can occur w/o cognitive processing – thus fear can be felt instantly because of an emotional stimulus before processing can take place
what is the ledeoux’s theory studied on
the amygdala being the core
what are the aspects of freud’s conception of the human psyche
conscious
preconscious:
superego
unconcious
id
(ego is floating around)
freud’s conception of the human psyche
what are the stages of psychosexual development
oral
anal
phallic
latency
genital
what is the psychosexual development
the process by which a person’s personality develops through a series of childhood stages, where pleasure-seeking energies are focused on different erogenous zones of the body, like the mouth, anus, and genitals, as they progress through distinct phase
what are defense mechansism
they protect individuals from painful emotion ideas and drives
what are the 5 most important properties of defense mechaniss
- major means of managing instinct and affect
- unconscious
- discrete from one another
- dynamic & reversible
- adaptive or pathological
types of defense mechanisms
pathological, neurotic, mature
