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Lec. 20 (emotions) Flashcards

1
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organized psychological and physiological reactions to changes in one’s relationship to the world

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emotions

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2
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emotions are partly what 2 things?

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  • inner or subjective experiences (psychological)
  • partly measurable patterns of behavior and physiological arousal
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3
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there is great controversey whether _______ or ______ comes first

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cognition (thinking) or emotion (feeling)

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4
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when you become happy, your heart starts beating ________

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faster

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5
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first comes _______ ________, then comes ______ ________ (ex: heart beating faster when happy)

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conscious awareness; physiological activity

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6
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3 theories on why we feel emotion:

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1) james-lange
2) canon-bard
3) cognitive theories (2-factor theory)

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7
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which emotion theory is currently accepted?

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cognitive theories (2-factor theory)

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emotion theory: “our AWARENESS of our peripheral responses is emotion”

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james-lange

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emotion theory: “emotions come directly from the BRAIN”

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canon-bard

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emotion theory: we interpret events outside and inside our body; it is these INTERPRETATIONS that leads to emotions

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cognitive theories (2 factor theory)

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according to Jame-Lange theory, physiological activity _______ the emotional experience

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precedes (comes before)

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according to Cannon-Bard theory, an emotion-triggering stimulus and the body’s arousal take place ________

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simultaneously

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13
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according to the Two-Factor theory, our _____ + _____ create emotions

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physiology + cognitions

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what are the 2 factors of emotions in the Two-Factor theory?

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1) physical arousal
2) cognitive label

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components of emotions (3):

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  • psychological (subjective) EXPERIENCE
  • behaviors
  • physiological responses
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16
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component of emotions: how we feel

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psychological (subjective) experience

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17
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component of emotions: shouting when angry, crying when sad

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behaviors

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18
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component of emotions: increasing heartbeat, sweating; influenced by AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

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physiological responses

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19
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physiological responses related to the emotions of ______, _______, _____, and _____ are very SIMILAR.

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fear, angler, love, and boredom

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20
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________ and _________ involve a similar physiological arousal

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excitement and fear

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21
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_________ + ___________ (physiological differences) change during fear, rage, and joy.

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finger temperature + facial muscles

22
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T/F: activity on the left hemisphere (HAPPY) is different from the right (DEPRESSED) for emotions.

23
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left hemisphere emotion =

24
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right hemisphere emotion =

25
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: pupils dilate

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sympathetic

26
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: pupils contract

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parasympathetic

27
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: salivation decreases

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sympathetic

28
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: salivation increases

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parasympathetic

29
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: skin perspires

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sympathetic

30
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: skin dries

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parasympathetic

31
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: respiration increases

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sympathetic

32
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: respiration decreases

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parasympathetic

33
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: heart accelerates

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sympathetic

34
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: heart slows

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parasympathetic

35
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: digestions is inhibited

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sympathetic

36
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: digestion activates

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parasympathetic

37
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: adrenal glands secretes stress hormones

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sympathetic

38
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sympathetic or parasympathetic: adrenal glands decreases secretion of stress hormones

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parasympathetic

39
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T/F: cognition does not always PRECEDE emotion

40
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emotions are felt directly through the ________ or through the _______ for analysis

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amygdala; cortex

41
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SPEEDY low road fear pathway (3 steps)

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1) fear stimulus to THALAMUS
2) signal to amygdala
3) fear response occurs

42
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THINKING high road pathway (5 steps)

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1) fear stimulus to THALAMUS
2) signal to SENSORY CORTEX
3) PREFRONTAL CORTEX
4) amygdala
5) fear response

43
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2 ROUTES to emotion:

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1) event —> appraisal —-> emotional response
2) event —> emotional response

44
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route to emotion: event —> appraisal —-> emotional response ; thinking, HIGH-ROAD

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lazarus/schachter-singer

45
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route to emotion: event —> emotional response; speedy; LOW-ROAD

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zajonc/ LeDoux

46
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detecting emotion: in a crowd of faces, a single ______ face will “pop out” faster than a single ______ facd

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angry; happy

47
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when shown sad, happy, and scary film clips women _______ more emotions than men – about DOUBLE; mainly cultural prob

48
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effects of FACIAL EXPRESSION: when groups (one w/ lips surrounding a pen and one with teeth biting on pen) were asked to rate jokes on funniness, which group rated them higher?

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group biting teeth (already close to a smiling facial expression)

49
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lips vs. teeth groups rating jokes and teeth rating them HIGHER is in agreement with which emotion theory?

A

James-Lang

50
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Izard isolated 10 emotions; most of them are present in infancy except for ______, _______, and _________ (more complex)

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contempt, shame, and guilt

51
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10 emotions isolated by Izard:

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1) joy
2) anger
3) interest
4) disgust
5) surprise
6) sadness
7) fear
8) contempt
9) shame
10) guilt

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