Module 35: Introduction to Emotion Flashcards
three emotional components
bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, conscious experiences
emotion
adaptive responses that support our survival
Theories of emotion generally address two major questions
Does physiological arousal come before or after emotional feelings?
How do feeling and cognition interact?
James-Lange theory
Arousal comes before emotion.
Experience of emotion involves awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
Cannon-Bard theory
Arousal and emotion happen at the same time
Emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers (1) physiological responses and (2) the subjective experience of emotion
Human body responses run parallel to the cognitive responses rather than causing them.
Schachter-Singer two-factor theory
Arousal + Label = Emotion
Emotions have two ingredients: physical arousal and cognitive appraisal
Arousal fuels emotion; cognition channels it
Emotional experience requires a conscious interpretation of the arousal
Spillover effect
Spillover effect
Arousal spills over from one event to the next, influencing the response
What is the arousal component regulated by?
The Autonomic Nervous System, which is divided into the sympathetic (arousing) and parasympathetic (calming) divisions
- fight-or-flight response
How does arousal affect performance?
Arousal affects performance in different ways, depending on the task.
- performance peaks at lower levels of arousal for difficult tasks and at higher levels for easy or well-learned tasks.
physiology of emotions
different emotions have subtle indicators
- brain scans and EEGs reveal different brain circuits for different emotions
- depression and general negativity: right frontal lobe activity
- happiness and enthusiasm, feeling energized: left frontal lobe activity.
