Identifying Emotions Flashcards
Is it easier for some basic emotions to be seen in music than others?
Yes - easier to see joy or sadness, harder to see disgust
How does music lead to emotion association?
Music - Arousal - Emotion association
Are emotions easily categorised?
No
What did Shacter-Singer’s theory of emotions argue in terms of the cognitive aspect of emotions?
There must be some cognitive appraisal of the situation
What study did Schacter-Singer do to investigate cognitive appraisal?
Gave a shot of epinephrine to participants
Participants were either in a happy or angry condition
Participants that were aware of the nature of the drug attributed what they were feeling to the drug
Participants that were unaware of the nature of the drug mirrored and attributed the emotion to the happy/angry person in their condition
What can we conclude from the epinephrine study by Schacter-Singer?
Cognitive appraisal is important in emotion
How are emotions involved in music?
Emotions perceived in music
Emotions expressed in music
Emotions experienced in music
What play a role in terms of music and emotion?
Individual differences
Preferences for music
How do we label the emotions that we experience through music?
Emotions can be basic or complex - it is more complicated than we first thought. There may be some issues with the language in the way we describe how we feel
Emotion in music can be expressed, perceived, and experienced in different ways
Individual differences across many factors are important
