Module 7: Lecture - Emotions Flashcards
What are emotions?
A person’s physiological response, behavioral response, and cognitive appraisal.
What is mood?
A general, long-lasting emotional state without a specific trigger.
What is the James-Lange Theory?
The theory that our physical responses to stimuli lead to our experience of emotion. (first, we perceive our bodily responses, then we experience an emotion)
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory?
While arousal might accompany an emotional experience, the two are separate and independent processes.
What part of the brain is responsible for our experience of physiological states in the body?
Insula
Where is the insula?
Each side of the brain behind the lateral sulcus
What else is the insula responsible for?
Nausea or butterflies in the stomach
What is the amygdala responsible for?
The initiation of basic emotional states with the greatest role in anger and fear.
How are people with amygdala damage different?
They do not show conditioned fear responses
What other location does the amygdala interact with?
Hippocampus
What is the Schachter-Singer Two Factor Theory?
Something more comes in the form of a cognitive appraisal.
What is a salient cue?
Whatever immediately preceded the onset of the emotional experience.
What are some of the universal emotions?
Happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger, and disgust.
Are emotions innate?
Most likely yes
What are individualistic cultures?
They endorse independence and individualism, they are taught to stand out and that success comes as the result of one’s own efforts.
What are collectivistic cultures?
They tend to endorse the value of interdependence, that each person relies on and should support other members of their community
What do emotions do?
Help make decisions, learn rules and changing behavior, and communicate with others and influence our relationships
What is a counterfactual?
Imagined alternatives that are counter to the facts of what did happen.
What is an upward counterfactual?
Where you imagine a better outcome than what happened, often makes you feel bad.
What is a downward counterfactual?
Where you imagine a worse outcome, which often makes you feel good.
What is reappraisal?
When you always generate downward counterfactuals.
