Wk 10 - Emotion Flashcards
How does emotion relate to cognition? (x2)
Cognitive processes (appraisals, evaluations) involved in emotions Emotions involved in cognitive processes (beliefs, decisions)
Define emotion (x1)
Feeling state characterised by physiological arousal, expressive behaviours and a cognitive interpretation
Three components of emotion (name and describe factors)
Physiological - heart and breathing rate, sweating
Expressive - facial and body movements, voice
Cognitive - beliefs and appraisals
Additional factors that may influence emotion (x5)
Personality Past history/culture Situational factors (control of) Experiences Mood
Physiological component of emotion is due to arousal of which nervous system?
Which consists of which three nervous systems?
Autonomic (ANS)
Sympathetic (SNS) - close to spine, fight or flight, opposite actions to…
Parasympathetic (PSNS) - further out, fee and breed, rest and digest
Enteric (ENS - visceral, butterflies
Physiological responses of the SNS in ANS (x9)
Dilates pupils Inhibits salivation Increases respiration Increases heartbeat Stimulates glucose release Secretes nor/adrenalin Inhibits digestion Relaxes bladder Inhibits genitals
Physiological responses of the PSNS in ANS (x8)
Constricts pupils Stimulates salivation Slows respiration Slows heartbeat Stimulates gall bladder Stimulates digestion Contracts bladder Stimulates genitals
Four typical measures of physiological emotional response (SNS in ANS)
Also historically used…(x1)
Galvanic skin response - skin conductivity increases with perspiration
Pulse, blood pressure
Breathing
Startle reflex - how fast you blink to puff of air to eye
Fidgeting
Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion (x4)
Plus one issue
Perceived event leads to
Physiological and behavioural changes, and
Emotional experiences, but
The two are separate
Evidence for modulation of emotion by physiological states/expressions
James-Lange Theory of emotion (x3)
Perceived event leads to
Physiological and behavioural changes, then to
Emotional experience
The James-Lange view of emotion attempts to…(x1)
With two differing interpretations…
Analyse/explain emotion by something else
James - physiol arousal causes emotion
Lange - physiol IS emotion
Issues with James-Lange views on emotion…
Visceral responses don’t illuminate specific emotion involved, and
Take too long to cause emotion, and
Can occur without them, and
Emotions can occur in those without visceral response, eg paralysed
Facial feedback hypothesis proposes that…(x1)
With strong and weak versions holding that…
Expressing particular emotion puts us (to some extent) into corresponding emotional state
First you react (laugh), then infer cause (that’s funny)
Facial expression modulates emotion - leads to stronger feeling
Testing the facial feedback hypothesis has involved…(x2)
But findings limited by…(x1)
Electrical stimulation of facial muscles, or
Touching particular facial muscles, having Ps contract them, to create particular expression
Ps could guess intentions, perhaps biasing evidence
Duchenne identified which muscles active in frowning, smiling? (x1 and x2)
And we’re able to tell fake smile from false by…(x1)
Corrugator muscle involved in frown
Orbicularis oculi and zygomaticus major in smile
Fake don’t have eye-wrinkle (orbicularis oculi contraction)
Facial EMG used to measure emotional expressions found…(x2)
Positive emotions increase activity in cheeks
Negative increase activity in forehead and brow
Evidence for the facial feedback hypothesis (x3)
Ps reported less enjoyment subsequent to intentional zygomatic (cheek) muscle suppression
Ps happier and finding cartoons funnier after modelling happy faces, and vice versa
As did those who did ‘open-mouth pen holding’ over closed lips (overcomes demand characteristics of previous studies)
Botox has been found to affect emotions…(x3)
Decreases activity in amygdala and brain stem
Those with injections are slower to read sad sentences, but not happy ones
Are unable to produce complete facial expressions
Neuronal basis of the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion (x4)
Stimulus leads to activation of LGN in thalamus, then
Hypothalamus evaluates relevance of environmental event, then
Cortex mediates conscious experience, and
Brain stem determines emotional response
The neuronal pathways in the neuronal explanation of the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion mean that…(x2)
Physiological and behavioural changes project to the ANS, while
Emotional experience is within the cortex
The discovery/naming of the limbic system expanded on the Cannon-Bard understanding of emotion, by adding…((x3)
Prefrontal cortex
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Fear conditioning was an important paradigm in establishing…(x1)
The amygdala’s involvement in fear acquisition
Classical conditioning is…(x1)
Plus four components
Pairing of neutral/non-feared stimulus (CS) with negative or positive stimulus (US) that evokes certain response (UR)
US: Unconditioned Stimulus (= hardwired, instinctive)
UR: Unconditioned Response (= hardwired response)
CS: Conditioned Stimulus (= to be learnt/associated with US)
CR: Conditioned Response (= follows CS after learning)
Experiments on Little Albert involved…(x2)
Classical fear conditioning
Striking metal with hammer (loud noise, US) whenever Albert was close to furry animal (rat/rabbit, CS)
Fear conditioning today often uses…(x3)
Differential conditioning
Pair eg male faces with bad smell
Use unpaired control stimulus, female face, to which compare conditioning
Measure startle, GSR, heart rate, breathing
Results of differential fear conditioning have shown that…(x1)
Amygdala and thalamus alone won’t produce effects -
Cortex is critical to discriminate between stimuli