PDEV Flashcards
is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior
Emotion
According to author ________ human emotion involves “…physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.”
David G. Myers
________ states that we infer in ourselves and others.
Internal conscious
a broad range of feelings that people experience
Affect
intense feelings that are directed at someone or something
Emotions
feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and that lack a contextual stimulus
Moods
● Emotions are subjective feelings
● Make us feel in a particular way.
● Anger or joy.
● Meaning and personal significance.
● Vary in intensity and quality.
● Rooted in mental processes (labeling).
Feeling Component
● Biological activation.
● Autonomic and hormonal systems.
● Prepare and activate adaptive coping behavior during emotion.
● Body prepared for action
● Alert posture, clenched fists.
Bodily Arousal
● Give emotion its goal-directed force.
● Motivation to take action.
● Cope with emotion-causing circumstances.
● Why people benefit from emotions
● Social and evolutionary advantage.
Purposive component
● Give emotion its goal-directed force.
● Motivation to take action.
● Cope with emotion-causing circumstances.
● Why people benefit from emotions
● Social and evolutionary advantage.
Purposive component
● Emotion’s communicative aspect.
● Postures, gestures, vocalizations, facial expressions make our emotions public.
● Verbal and nonverbal communication.
● Helps us interpret the situation.
● How person reacts to event.
Social-Expressive component
Variety of Emotions:
Positive Human Emotions
Negative Human Emotions
major theories of emotion can be grouped into three main categories:
physiological, neurological, and cognitive
propose that activity within the brain leads to emotional responses
Neurological theories
argue that thoughts and other mental activity play an essential role in forming emotions
Cognitive theories
naturalist Charles Darwin who proposed that emotions evolved because they were adaptive and allowed humans and animals to survive and reproduce.
Evolutionary Theory of Emotion
is one of the best-known examples of a physiological theory of emotion, suggests that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events.
The James-Lange Theory of Emotion
Independently proposed by psychologist ________and physiologist _________, James-Lange Theory
William James, Carl Lange
emotions arise as a result of physiological arousal
James-Lange Theory
Another well-known physiological theory is the __________
Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
Author of Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
Walter Cannon
Cannon first proposed his theory in the 1920s, and his work was later expanded on by physiologist ________ during the
1930s.
Philip Bard
states that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously, yet independently
The Cannon–Bard theory
Also known as the two-factor theory of emotion
Schachter-Singer Theory
This theory suggests that the physiological arousal occurs first, and then the individual must identify the reason for this arousal to experience and label it as an emotion, people infer emotions based on physiological responses.
Schachter-Singer Theory
_______ was a pioneer in this area of emotion, and this theory is often referred to as the Lazarus theory of emotion.
Richard Lazarus
thinking must occur first before experiencing emotion
Cognitive Appraisal Theory
a person judges its potential threat
primary appraisal