Motivation and Emotion (11.4)

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

A behavior with the following three components

a) a subjective thought and/or experience with

b) accompanying patterns of neural activity and physical arousal

c) an observable behavior expressional expression (ie muscle tension)

Question 2

Amygdala

Answer 2

A group of nuclei in the medial portion (near the middle) of the temporal lobes in each hemisphere of the brain

Question 3

James lang theory of emotion

Answer 3

This view suggested that our physiological reactions to stimuli (eg heart racing) precede the emotional experience (Eg the fear)

Question 4

Cannon bard theory of emotion

Answer 4

Suggested that the brain interprets a situation and generates subjective emotional feelings and that these representations in the brain trigger responses in the body

Question 5

The facial feedback hypothesis

Answer 5

Suggests that our emotional expressions can influence our subjective emotional state

Question 6

The two factor theory (Schacter and singer)

Answer 6

Patterns of physical arousal and the cognitive labels we attach to them form the basis of our emotional experiences

Question 7

Informed group

Answer 7

These participants were correctly informed about the cause of the physical symptoms

Question 8

Ignorant group

Answer 8

These participants were not given information about the cause of the physical symptoms

Question 9

Misinformed group

Answer 9

These participants were given incorrect information about the injection, they were told that adrenaline leads to numbing itchiness and a slight headache

Question 10

Control group

Answer 10

These participants were injected with a saline solution and therefore didn’t experience physical symptoms

Question 11

Emotional dialects

Answer 11

Variations across cultures in how common emotions are expressed

Question 12

Display rules

Answer 12

Often refers to the unwritten expectations we have regarding when it is appropriate to show certain a certain emotion