Important Concepts And Theories Of Emotion Flashcards
Emotion: Language Origins
Latin ; e-movere - move away, dislodge
Changed in the 19th century to psyche (tumult of feelings)
Definition: a disruption of a former balanced state of the psyche
Definition of Feelings
an emotional COMPONENT, part of emotion that finds expression in the (subjective) experience
mental experiences of body states (e.g. hunger)
Definition of Affect
Wider concept than emotions, but due to its “vagueness” used in combination (affect disorders…)
Umbrella term for states that contain representations of appraisal
Definition of Mood
Longlasting
Can be non-object specific
Can be affective residue of specific emotions
Can influence the experience of emotions and judgement
Definition of Emotion by Ratcliffe (2018)
judgments rather than feelings, conceptually sophisticated intentional states that have objects outside of the body
(Ratcliffe, 2018)
For example, anger involves judging that you’ve been wronged, not just the physical sensation of tension
Emotion’s Philosophical Roots
Plato: uncontrollable force (reasoning and having emotions opposite)
Aristotle: importance of diff emotions (different types of appraisal lead to different emotions)
After P&A: first platonic stream (Descartes, Locke, Hume, James) and second stream (Aristotelian) 20th century (Arnold, Kenny, Lyons)
Definition of Emotion from a Psychological Perspective
Episodic, short-term, biologically based patterns of perception/experience/physiology, action/communication that occur in response to specific physical/social challenges and opportunities
regulate the individual’s relation to the external environment
(Keltner & Gross, 1999)
Definition of Emotion from a Psychological-Developmental perspective
rapid response system that helps carry meaning across the flow of experience (through time)
Tools that help us prepare to act on situations
(Cole, Martin & Dennis, 2004)
