emotions and decision making Flashcards
what is ekman’s (1992) criteria for basic emotions?
- rapid onset
- brief duration
- unbidden occurrence
- distinctive universal signals
- specific psychological correlates
what is russell & barrett’s (1998) dimensional view of universal expression?
categorise facial movements using culturally learned emotion concepts on scale of high - low arousal (alert to calm) and high - low valence (happy to sad)
what does a percept trigger?
physiological changes
what is the james lange view on emotion?
bodily changes follow a percept and emotion is these changes
what is cannon’s (1972) view on emotion?
emotions are not dependent on physiology
how does siegel et al (2018) support cannon’s view?
people without peripheral inputs still experience emotions
what did schachter & singer (1962) find in their ANS study?
emotion is an interpretation of changes in physiology
how does schachter & singer (1962) prove cognition plays a role in determining physiology?
attribute physiological changes to make us happier when we are around a happy person
what did blanchard & blanchard (1972) discover about amygdala lesions and fear?
lesions reduce fear conditioning
what did calder et al (1996) discover about amygdala lesions and fear recognition?
there is selective recognition of fear from photos of faces
what did adolphs et al (1997) discover about amygdala lesions and memory?
there is a lack of enhanced memory for emotional components
what did damasio et al (1990) discover about vmPFC lesions and skin conduction responses?
there is no elevated SCR for emotional stimuli
how do vmPFC lesions affect emotional reactions?
they heighten emotional reactivity
what did koenigs et al (2007) discover about vmPFC lesions and moral dilemmas?
more likely to overcome an emotional response during moral dilemmas
what was normal about the vmPFC lesion patient in bechara et al (1994)?
normal intellect, impulsiveness, memory, and reasoning ability
