Psych: Conceptualizing Emotions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Three ways Emotions can be measured: | 1) self-reports 2) physiological measures (brain activity, heart rate, eye dilation, perspiration) 3) behavioral observations |
| Four components of emotions | Cognitive component, behavioral component, arousal, and feelings |
| Folk Psychology explanation VS. the James-Lange Theory of Emotion | -Folk Psychology explanation: first, you experience the stimulus, then you generate emotion, then you respond. -James-Lange Theory of Emotion: first you experience a stimulus, you react, then you generate your emotion -difference: folk explanation that you react a certain way because you feel a certain emotion. james-lange claims that you react first then you generate emotion based on your reaction. |
| Folk Psychology explanation example | you see a bear (stimulus), you feel fear (generate emotion), then you run (you react) |
| James-Lange Theory of Emotion example | you see a bear (stimulus), you run (you react), then you feel fear (you generate emotion) |
| Evidences in favor and Evidences against James-Lange Theory of Emotion | -Evidence in favor: experience of bodily response (run from bear) can heighten emotional response ("fear") -Evidence against: patients with certain spinal cord injuries report that they can feel, but their bodies don't experience any feedback. (feeling attraction, but not aroused) |
| Revised James Theory | You experience stimulus, you recognize the situation (cerebral cortex), then you react (physiological reactions), then you feel emotions. |
| Revised James Theory example | you see a bear (stimulus), you perceived danger (cerebral cortex), you run (physiological reactions), then you feel "fear" (generate emotion). |
| The Cannon-Baird Theory of Emotion | You simultaneously experience an emotion and a physiological response. -one stimulus generate BOTH emotions and physiological reactions at the SAME TIME. -as opposed to Folk theory where you feel emotion then respond, and opposed to James Lange theory (including the revised version) where you react first before generating an emotion. |
| The Schacter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion | -Emotions arise from a multi-part process. -determine emotions from recognition of situation AND our behavioral reactions. -determined the strength of emotions from our physiological reactions (automatic responses, which derived from cognitive state and experience) -emphasized cognitive mechanism: interpretation of both physiological and perceptual info w/ respect to existing beliefs and memory content -Stimulus --> environmental cues, physiological (automatic) reactions, behavioral reactions --> cerebral cortex (memory) --> emotions |
| According to Schacter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion, how does an individual interpret physiological responses? | individual interpret physiological responses in terms of stimuli, context, cognitive state, and experience. |
| According to Schacter-Singer Theory, emotional experience depends upon__? | emotional experience depends upon cognitive interpretation (state, experience, context) |
| Specific criteria: must be met for an emotion to be "basic" | that basic emotion -should be similar across cultures (universal) -should have its own biological signature (facial expression) -should emerge early in life (before one has had much experience) |
| Six "basic emotions" | Joy, surprise, sadness, fear, anger, and disgust |
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