Motivation 4 Flashcards
emotion
feeling aspect of consciousness, characterized by:
a certain physical arousal
a certain behavior that reveals the feeling to the outside world
an inner awareness of the feeling
physiology of emotion
sympathetic nervous system arousal
amygdala
limbic system
associated with emotions such as fear and pleasure in humans and animals
involved in facial expressions of human emotions
fear response and determining emotions of others
ledoux
emotional stimuli travel to amygdala by fast low road (subcortical) and a slower more involved cortical high road
direct route = quick responses to stimuli that are possibly dangerous
indirect route = awareness, prefrontal cortex, can override direct route and take control of emotional response
right v left frontal lobes
right = negative feelings, identifying faces and emotions left = positive feelings, meditation, less anxiety, better immune system (if do meditation)
common ways to control emotions
distraction, reappraisal, controlling influence of emotions on decision making, etc
distraction
anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala
reappraisal
lateral orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala
darwin facial expressions
say emotions product of evolution and all humans, no matter culture, would show same facial expressions
researchers facial expressions
at least seven basic emotions
even blind kids make these faces
ekman and friesen
find people of many different cultures can consistently recognize at least seven facial expressions
anger, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise, sadness, and contempt
display rules
vary from culture to culture
learned ways of controlling displays of emotion in social settings
different in individualistic and collectivistic cultures
different for males and females
labeling
third cognitive element of emotions
different for different cultures, happiness different for different cultures
common sense theory of emotion
feeling a particular emotion led first to a physical reaction and then to a behavioral one
james-lange theory of emotion
stimulus of some sort produces a physiological reaction
this reaction, which is arousal of fight or flight sympathetic nervous system, produces bodily sensations
physical arousal leads to labeling of emotion
but people with spinal cord injuries still have emotions