Studied by 10 people
7.3, 7.7
emotion
a response of the whole organism, involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
James-Lange Theory
emotion-arousing stimuli → physiological response → awareness → experience of emotion
Cannon-Bard theory
emotion-arousing stimulus → triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion at the same time
aka thalamic theory
two-factor theory
physically aroused + cognitively label the arousal → experience emotion
LeDoux theory
some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious appraisal
eg. we automatically feel startled by a sound in the forest before labeling it as a threat
lazarus
cognitive appraisal (sometimes without our awareness ) define emotion
Paul Ekman
universal emotions (all cultures)
identified every muscle in the human face and then every possible combination of facial muscles
facial feedback hypothesis
facial movement and expressions can influence attitude and emotional experience
display rule
a social group or culture's informal norms about how to appropriately express emotions
individualist cultures often express their emotions more, in speech & body
all cultures exhibit the worldwide smiles, frowns, & angry faces of humanity
operant conditioning theory
the environment shapes who we come and who we become is determined by the contingencies of reinforcement we have experienced
by B.F Skinner: behavior is personality
social cognitive theory
views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (inc. their thinking) and their social context
by Albert Bandura
reciprocal determinism
the characteristics of the person, the person’s behavior, and the environment all affect one another in a two-way causal relationships
locus of control
the degree to which we expect that a reinforcement or outcome of our behavior is contingent on:
our own behavior or personal characteristics vs. fate, unpredictable, other people
internal locus of control
think they control and are responsible for what happens to themÂ
external locus of control
believe what happens is due to fate, luck, or others
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