Emotions Flashcards
what is the facial feedback hypothesis
facial movement influences affect (emotions/feelings)
-when you are already smiling its easier to feel happy
what is the activity we did in class that supported the facial feedback hypothesis
had half of class hold pen between teeth (mouth open) other half between lips (mouth puckered) and then everyone rates how funny the cartoon is -lips puckered found it less funny than those with mouth open
-those with pen between teeth were already smiling, those with pen between lips have their mouth contracted so that it is harder to smile
what do we do with our emotions
embody them,
-emotions have physical correspondence
what is the golf tee study that shows facial feedback hypothesis
golf tees taped to eyebrows, had to get tees to touch (furrowed brows) and hold in that position
-those with brows furrowed felt angrier than those who did not on mood scale
what is the sitting/slumping study that shows facial feedback hypothesis
participants sit up or slump in chair, took test then had participants rate pride
-those sitting up had more pride than those slumping
what is the misattribution of arousal and an example
arousal produced by one source (ex. exercise or adrenaline) is attributed to another stimulus
ex. shivering because cold, think you are nervous which could make you actually feel nervous, when you realize you are just shivering you are no longer nervous
- interpreting the act of shivering can affect our emotions
what is excitation transfer
arousal in one source can influence how we feel in another, amplify how we feel, already feeling something but it gets stronger from another arousal source
what is the bridge study that shows excitation transfer
interacted with people from different parks
1) had dangerous bridge (suspension bridge)
2) had safe bridge
another condition:
1) experimenter approaching was an attractive women
2) experimenter was a man
-all male participants were approached and asked to do study while on bridge, participants were asked to look at a picture and come up with a story of the boy in the picture “what is he thinking”
-independent judges rated the story to see if it had any romantic context to it (thinking about women vs. taking test)
DV1: is romance on the mind?
-after participants were told experimenters will be in town one night if you want to call and talk about the study you can call this number and talk
DV2: did participants call?
results: male participants more likely to call the experimenter if she was a woman, interaction more likely to call on a scary bridge
what do the results of the bridge study show us about excitation transfer
if we already have a certain feeling (attraction to someone) another from of arousal (scary bridge) makes this feeling stronger
real life: if you take someone you like to a place with a lot of arousal these feelings can be transferred and amplified on their feelings towards you
-the misattribution is “this person is making me feel this way” but excitation transfer wont work if they know the bridge is making them feel that way
