Emotions Flashcards
What are emotions?
A brief, specific response, involving appraisals, experiences, expressions, and physiology, that helps people meet goals, including social goals
What do our emotions influence?
Help us interpret our surroundings, guide our actions and motivates behaviour to achieve our goals
What is an appraisal?
The interpretation an individual gives to a situation that gives rise to the experience of the emotion
What is the physiological aspect of emotion?
All emotions have accompanying bodily responses
What is the psychological aspect of emotion?
Interpretation of events based on how pleasant, fair etc. the event is to you
Are facial expressions the same across all cultures?
yes they are innate
What is a focal emotion?
An emotion that is especially common within a particular culture
What is the appraisal theory?
is the idea that emotions are a result of evaluating an event or situation as beneficial or harmful.
What is the first step of the appraisal process?
Primary; is the intial, quick appraisal made of an event/circumstance
What is the second step of the appraisal process?
Secondary; is the later, concerns why we feel the way we do and how we would like to respond
What is the reappraisal process?
The process of reinterpreting the causes of an emotion and its meaning for the individual
What is an ideal emotion?
An emotion that promotes cultural values
What is emotional regulation?
they ways people modify their emotions and make themselves feel better
What is acceptance in emotions?
Adopting an open and welcoming attitude to one’s emotions
What is suppression in emotions?
An emotion regulation strategy by which people attenuate the outward signs of the emotion
What is the social functional theory?
emotions and experience enable people to form, maintain and negotiate the relationships that matter most to them
How do emotions influence commitment?
the expression of certain emotions signals our commitment to other’s well being, (release of oxytocin)
How do emotions influence collaboration?
emotions can motivate us to act in ways that prioritize the wellbeing of others
What is the broaden and build hypothesis?
negative emotions focus our attention on the narrow details whilw positive emotions helps us expand our understanding of the world & build relationships
What is cultural variation in happiness?
for western cultures, personal achievement = happiness
for Asian cultures, maintaining harmonious relationships and fulfilling duties = happiness
Can we predict our emotions accurately?
affective forecasting is often incorrect
What is immune neglect?
the tendency to overestimate emotional reactions (painful experiences are often less upsetting than we expect them to be)
What is focalism?
tendency to focus on only once aspect of an experience or event when trying to predict future emotions
What is Kohlberg’s rational model?
a model that describes how children develop morality and moral reasonin, suggets theory occurs in 3 levels and 6 stages
