Workshop 3 Emotion and motivation Flashcards
foundations of psychology
what is emotion?
- brief response state with physiological, subjective and behavioural elements
- emotion inducing stimulus
-physiologicl arousal
-subjective experience
-behavioural expression
what is the difference between emotion and mood?
what is emotion inducing stimulus?
- often identifiable
what happens inside you when having physiological arousal coming from emotion?
-heart rate may increase
-anxiety?
sympathetic nervous system activated
-body preparing itself for threat.
-we evolved in a threatening environment
what happens when sympathetic nervous system activates?
what happens when the parasympathetic nervous system is activated?
what is the flight or fight response?
what are the key parts of the brain part of an emotional response?
-thalamus
-hippocampus
-amygdala
hippocampus
how do we interpret emotion?
- facial expression and physiological response
-temprature associated with different emotional responses
-anger and fear elevates heart rate
what is the subjective experience of emotion?
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why do we focus on negative experiences/emotions more than positive ones?
approach orientated behaviour left frontal lobe processing[stay with the experience]
avoidance-orientated behaviour right frontal lobe processing[push people away, be rid of the situation]
what’s plucks circumflex model of emotion
-the more intense emotion are less likely to be experienced at the same time[opposite]
-adjacent emotion are similar
how are our emotions perceived by others?
- emotion expressed non verbally
-through facial expressions
-Paul ekmaan -FACS
[6 foundamental facial expressions across cultures]
given ekmans research - do culture and emotion influence each other?
- there are display rules that are socially learnt and culturally different
-rules on management of emotional expression[who can show emotion to whom and when they do so]
give display rules and example
intensificated = acting overjoyed when mildly please
de-intensification = acting slightly please when overjoyed
simulation = acting happy when indifferent
masking = acting happy when disappointed
what is möbius syndrome
rare congenital condition causes facial paralysis
whaat are 2 early theories of emotion?
- James - lange [william james =medical doc, ‘founder’ of psychology.
emotion inducing stimulus->causes behaviour and physiological response->subjective interpretation->conclusion. =emotion - cannon - bard
emotion inducing stimulus->’simultaneous response=behaviour and physiological response AND experienced emotion
what are sxhacater and singers 2 stage model?1962
groups=one told vitamin other told adrenaline
context =happy/sad
condition a[adrenaline injection][deception vitamin], then happy or sad confederate=either happy or angry=cognitive interpretation=context influences emotion.
condition b[adrenaline][told adrenaline], then happy /sad confederate=no emotioncontext influences emotion.
appraisal
-appraise emotion as bad or good according to emotion=schachter-singer
what was the bridge study?
what are some evolutionary explanations of emotion?
-Jose[h LeDoux’s two circuit model
define evolutionary psychology?
- evolutionary psychology seeks to understand the human mind/brain mechanisms from an evolutionary perspective
-behavioural tendencies are selected for their ability to maximise reproductive success[survival reproduction]
what is the broaden and build theory?[fredrickson 2004]
- negative emotions have adaptive, immediate benefits in dangerous survival
-positiveemotions are important because they broaden an individuals momentary thought, encourages building safe relationships.
what is breadth of the. thought-action repertoire by emotion?
- frederickson and branigan 2004
participants view short emotionally evocative film clips[from negative to positive]
after video given a list of what they would like to do right in a situation=’thought-action repertoires’=people after pos. vid reportered higher-than neg video.
