Emotions Knowledge and Appraisal

Question 1

What is the James-Lange Theory?

Answer 1

EVENT -> AROUSAL -> INTERPRETATION -> EMOTION

Question 2

What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?

Answer 2

 AROUSAL
EVENT
 EMOTION

Question 3

What is the Schachter-Singer Theory?

Answer 3

EVENT -> AROUSAL -> REASONING -> EMOTION

Question 4

What is the Lazarus Theory?

Answer 4

 EMOTION
EVENT -> THOUGHT
 AROUSAL

Question 5

What is the Facial Feedback Theory?

Answer 5

EVENT -> FACIAL CHANGES -> EMOTION

Question 6

What is the appraisal process?

Answer 6

Primary unconscious automatic processes in the amygdala and secondary appraisal = more complex processes that differentiate emotions

Question 7

Do positive or negative stimuli provoke more response?

Answer 7

Negative stimuli trigger more rapid and stronger physiological responses

Question 8

What is the amygdala’s main function?

Answer 8

To decide if something is good or bad, or a danger and tends to let the bad through rather than the good

Question 9

Why do we swear?

Answer 9

Produces arousal, making you more aggressive and ready for fight or flight = decrease of pain

Question 10

What does language do to emotional experiences?

Answer 10

Gives insight and clarity to the nature of our emotions and more rational in a second language

Question 11

What is the function of an infant’s smile?

Answer 11

Make adults interested and happy and therefore more likely to look after them

Question 12

Describe the perceptions of emotions in children of different ages

Answer 12

5 months – discriminate affective messages indicating approval or prohibition
5-9 months – react to facial expressions
>9 months – caretaker face to gather info about environment
Pre-school – differentiate happy, angry, sad and scared, surprised and disgust (that order)
School age – Good at recognising emotions in other people