W8

Question 1

emotions are responses charcterised by: (include eg fear)

Answer 1

1. physiological changes - increased heartrate, BP, pupil size, hormone secretion
2. behavioural responses - facial expressions, inmobility
3. changes in cognition - increased attention and memory
4. subjective feelings - feeling of fear

Question 2

emotions are driven by biologically significant stimuli and serve functions:

Answer 2

1. adaptive benefits eg to survive - find food/water, avoid dange
2. can be maladaptive - phobias, PTSD, drug addiction

the implementation of fear is underpinned by learning

Question 3

what was james-langes theory?

Answer 3

“he is afraid ‘because’ he runs away” - theory of fear reactions

Question 4

what was cannon-bard theory?

Answer 4

perception of fear inducing stimulus does generate a peripheral response but there is also a direct generating of this subjective emotional state - they happen in parellel no cause and effect

Question 5

whats the schachter-singer/twofactor/cognitive labelling theory?

Answer 5

agrees that periferal response triggers emotional state but suggests that the emotional state is not determined by that but rather by environmental interpretation