Lecture 7 Flashcards
Paul Ekman’s 6 basic emotions
- Anger
- Happiness
- Sadness
- Disgust
- Surprise
- Fear
Emotions not present in infancy
- Shame
- Contempt
- Guilt
Ethology
Approach which emphasizes the evolutionary origins of many behaviors that are important for survival
Nico Tinbergen 4 questions
- Mechanism: how does behavior occur in individual
- Ontogeny: how does behavior arise in individual
- Adaptive value: why is behavior adaptive for species
- Phylogeny: how does behavior arise in species
Why Freud’s theory is still important
- Influence of early experiences on later development
- Role of unconscious drives
- His theory was revolutionary
3 personality structures according to Freud
- Id: impulses and desires
- Ego: mediator between reality and desires
- Superego: conscience
Erik Erikson Psychosocial stages
- Trust vs mistrust, Hope
- Autonomy vs shame and doubt, Will
- Initiative vs guilt, Purpose
- Industry vs inferiority, Competency
- Identity vs role confusion, Fidelity
- Intimacy vs isolation, Love
- Generativity vs stagnation, Care
- Ego identity vs despair, Wisdom
Bowlby’s theory of attachment
- Secure attachment
- Avoidant attachment
- Disorganized attachment
- Ambivalent attachment
Constructivist perspective on emotions
Constrained methods introduce conceptual information to perceiver which prime a mode of inference or salient content
Temperament definition
Individual differences in reactivity and regulation in affect, activity and attention
Temperament cluster 1: unregulated
High activity, low inhibition
Undercontrolled
Difficult to deal with at home or in classroom
Cluster 2: regulated
Low activity, anger and approach
High inhibition
Overcontrolled and reserved
Cluster 3: high reactivity
High on anger, approach, fear and shyness
Low activity, inhibition and attention
Experience life intensively
Cluster 4: bold
High activity and approach
Low fear and shyness
Confident and easily excitable
Cluster 5: average
Average on all traits
Easygoing
Maybe unmotivated
