Emotions and Emotion regulation Flashcards
What does emotion psychology cover?
Experience of emotions
regulations of emotions
Expression of emotions
Impact of emotions
What is said about emotions and evolution?
Emotions emerged through evolution in order to increase adaptability to rapidly changing environment - diversity in emotions mirrors adaptive challenges
Explain how emotion can be a process and who thought of the theory?
Mohiyeddini: Emotional cues –> Physiological / Hormonal / Cognitive / Behavioural processes –> Emotion
What is meant by emotions as social entities?
emotions shape social behaviour (ie empathy/sympathy) - basics for moral
What’s the relationship with emotions and culture?
cultures lay out possibilities for emotions - sociocultural colored ideas of what an emotion should be.
What’s the relationship between emotions and psychopathology?
dysregulation of emotions –> various forms of psychopathology (ie depression, aggression)
What is said about emotions and free will?
Since how humans behave unsimilar to how human should behave free will must play a part. Too strong emotions however, limits free will.
What is meant by emotion regulations?
Attempts to influence individual emotions (or others’ through emotions)
What’s the function of emotion regulation?
To adjust interactions to fit both individual and social demands
What is meant by antecedent regulation?
=manipulating input to system: situation selection (ie avoid certain situations), situation modification, attention deployment (attention turned towards or from something to regulate emotion), cognitive change (re-evaluate situation or capacity to manage situation) (eg reappraisal)
What is meant by response-focused regulation?
attempts to influence emotion response tendencies once they are evident (ie suppression)
What is cognitive reappraisal?
(think the cylinder with square and circular shadow) - cunstruing emotional-eliciting situation in a way that changes its emotional impact
What’s the relationship between deception and mood regulation?
People lie in order to repair their or others’ bad mood
