Week 8 Emotion

Question 1

Define emotion

Answer 1

emotions are spontaneous, involuntary, evaluative responses to specific environmental conditions, with physiological, cognitive, and reflex behavioural aspects

Question 2

How are emotions expressed?

Answer 2

Body language or non-verbal behaviour (eg facial expressions, body posture, gesture)

Question 3

What is the Kubler-Ross grief cycle?

Answer 3

D A D B A

Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance

Question 4

Where in the brain are emotions processed?

Answer 4

Limbic system

Question 5

What is autonomic arousal?

Answer 5

What is autonomic arousal?

The visceral intensity of a particular emotion is usually gauged by how intense this arousal is, and how it is felt in the body.

Question 6

Emotion regulation - control of attention

Answer 6

distracting oneself from emotional triggers, forcing attention onto useful elements of a scene

Question 6

Emotion regulation - control of attention

Answer 6

distracting oneself from emotional triggers, forcing attention onto useful elements of a scene

Question 7

Emotion regulation - cognitive reappraisal

Answer 7

– mentally reframing the situation to side step the emotion triggers, as in mindfulness (thinking past your parochial perspective) or absurd / sarcastic humour

Question 8

Emotion regulation - expressive repression

Answer 8

voluntarily over-express certain postures, gestures or expressions to mask emerging
motions (e.g. forcing a fake smile to mask anger)