Positive emotions Flashcards
Sherer’s multidimensional definition
cognitive appraisal
Bodily sensations
Action Tendency
Expression
Feelings
Unconscious emotions evidence
Binocular rivalry-make one eye unconscious
Showed the other eye could still observe it
Factor analysis
Technique to reduce a large number of variables to a few
Lang alternative two factor
Arousal and valence (unpleasant, energetic, highly pleasant, peaceful)
B Fredericton Undo function
Positive emotions can undo negative ones
Broaden and build theory
PE broadens scope and breadth of perception of understanding, enabling people to be more flexible.
Adaptive advantage of greater resources
Evidence for broaden and build
Global decision (positive), local decisions (negative)-Tested by configured matches in global and feature matches in local.
More action urges.
Flexible categorisation.
Medical reasoning.
Emotional resilience (resilient people use positive emotions)
Immunological resistance.
Developing positive emotions
Be active in achieving them