Emotions

Question 1

Affective forecasting

Answer 1

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Question 2

Appraisal theory of emotion

Answer 2

-Cognitive interpretation of events alone is important

Emotions are influenced by how we interpret the cause of an event or the arousal

Question 3

Basic emotions theory

Answer 3

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Question 4

Cannon - Bard theory of emotion

Answer 4

-Emotion and physiology are simultaneous

Perceived event -> phsyio and behavioral response

Behavioral event -> emotional experience

Question 5

Duchenne smiles

Answer 5

engages mouth and eyes, not just mouth

Question 6

Facial feedback hypothesis

Answer 6

-we experience emotions once we recognize the physical changes taking place

Question 7

Feelings as information

Answer 7

-use emotions to guide decision making

Question 8

James - Lange theory of emotion

Answer 8

• emotions come from physiological responses
• each emotion has a different pattern of physiological changes

Perceived event -> physiological and behavioral response -> emotion

Question 9

Moral Judgements

Answer 9

-fast and automatic intuitions, inability to produce a rational explanation does not remove emotional response

Question 10

Schacter - singer theory of emotion

Answer 10

Emotion is based on physiological arousal and cognitive label.

When brain does not know why it feels something, it looks to environmental cues.