EMOTIONS ESSAY Flashcards
1
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What are the six emotions identified by Ekman (1999)?
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fear, disgust, surprise, happiness, sadness, anger
2
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Outline paragraph 1 (traditional vs social)
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- traditional view: Ekman (1999)
- Lupton (1998): not universal, learnt via social and cultural processes
- cross cultural research
- Hochschild ‘emotional labour’ - Marx and Goffman
3
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Outline paragraph 2 (neuroscience and love)
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- neuroscience (different parts of brain)
- love is universal (Hatfield and Rapson)
- study (fMRI technology) - Fisher (2005)
- emotions too complex (Davidson, 2013)
- Watt: romanic love socially constructed and culturally defined (media representations)
- valentines, capitalism and symbols
- Harre: love is performed
4
Q
What year did Hatfield and Rapson discuss romantic love?
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1987
5
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What year did Fisher do her study on romantic love?
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2005
6
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What year did Davidson claim it was wrong to assume theres a circuit in the brain?
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2013
7
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Outline paragraph 3 (cognitive and shyness)
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- cognitive view of emotions as judgement values (Oatley and Johnson-Laird) - contrasts private and public
- little sense of how public and private work together (Lupton, 1998)
- Craib: traditional but shaped by cultural factors
- Asendorph: social consequences
- Scott (2004) - shy I and me
- body language and blushing (Kellner, deJong and Dijk, 2013)
- Buss (1980) “hallmark”
- impression management (Goffman)
- implication: social order/social control
8
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Who claimed emotions appear in public and therefore have social consequences
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Asendorph
9
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In which year did Scott apply the work of Cooley and Mead to shyness?
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2004
10
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Who claimed that blushing was the “hallmark” of embarrassment?
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Buss (1980)
11
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Outline paragraph 4 (disgust)
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- Darwin and Ekman
- societal norms determine what we view as disgusting so emotions are embedded in social and cultural context
- Douglas (1966) believes disgust is produced through social organisation
- public display of emotions (embodied - Lupton, 1998) e.g facial expressions
12
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What year was ‘purity and Danger’ published?
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1966
