week 6

Question 1

role of emotions

Answer 1

help you respond quickly- emotions help you make a very rapid analysis in complex situations, based on your learning history.
this analysis may be correct or incorrect

Question 2

6 primary emotions

Answer 2

• happiness
• sadness
• anger
• fear
• surprise
• disgust

Question 3

function of happiness

Answer 3

motivation, survival, reproduction

Question 4

function of sadness

Answer 4

process painful things, signal for help

Question 5

function of anger

Answer 5

protect yourself/self-defense

Question 6

function of fear

Answer 6

safety/warning for danger

Question 7

function of surprise

Answer 7

orientation, focus

Question 8

function of disgust

Answer 8

rejection, elimination, protection

Question 9

why is behaviour irrational?

Answer 9

it is governed by emotions

Question 10

examples irrational behaviour:

Answer 10

• participating in a lottery
• gambling
• smoking
• agoraphobia, fear of flying, vertigo
• traumas
• buying expensive products

Question 11

Canon-bard theory of emotion

Answer 11

you face a hungry lion. you tremble and run away. Simultaneously, you experience fear.
we react to stimulus and experience emotion simultaneously.

Question 12

James- Lange theory of emotion

Answer 12

you face a hungry lion. First, you respond reflexively: trembling, running.. Second, you interpret your own behaviour, leading to the eventual ‘emotion’ “I am trembling/running away. I must be frightened”
Proposes the emotion is the result of arousal

Question 13

Two factor theory of emotion

Answer 13

1. general arousal from stimulus
2. a cognitive interpretation -> emotion
   Proposes that arousal and cognition combine to create emotion.