Emotions Flashcards
Define the term ‘Emotions’
A relatively brief display of emotions as a response to events that have motivational relevance
List the 6 basic emotions
Disgust
Fear
Joy
Surprise
Sadness
Anger
What are the self conscious emotions?
Shame and Pride
What are the moral emotions?
Contempt and Empathy
What role does the brain stem have in the biology of emotions ?
Basic functioning
What role does the limbic system have in the biology of emotions?
Feeling
What role does the cerebral cortex have in the biology of emotions?
Thinking
What role does the amygdala have in the biology of emotions?
Expression of conditional emotional responses.
Where is the focal point of the amygdala located in terms of the biology of emotions
Between sensory systems and systems for autonomic and hormonal components of conditioned emotional responses.
What role does the Orbitofrontal cortex have in the biology of emotions?
Receives information from sensory systems and regions of the frontal lobe that control behaviour.
What does the Orbitofrontal cortex communicate with when processing emotions?
The limbic systems
What did Zelenski and Larson find were humans most common emotion?
Happiness (5x more than sadness)
What two routes did Ledoux identify by which the conditioning of fear can occur?
Thalamus to amygdala
Thalamus to visual/auditory cortex
What did Strack et al find when participants held a pen in their mouth while watching cartoons?
Participants rated the cartoons as funnier due to forced smile.
What was Schacter and Singer’s Independent variable?
What participants were told the effects of an adrenaline shot were.
