WEEK 3: Theory of Constructed Emotion (Feldman Barrett)

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Classical view

each emotion has a special neural circui

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Faculty psychology

ancient idea that the mind has separate “rooms” for thinking, feeling, and acting

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Emotion categories

discrete groups of emotional experiences we label

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Neural signature

a unique brain activity pattern supposedly linked to one specific emotion

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Degeneracy

different neural patterns can create the same functional outcome or behaviour

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neuron

brain cell that sends and receives electrical signals

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population thinking

categories have natural variation, not identical copies

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classical view

inputs → fear state → fear responses

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fingerprint view

each emotion has a unique “fingerprint” of facial movements, body responses and actions

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brain- main function

keep body’s internal systems balanced (allostasis)

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Internal milieu

body’s internal environment

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Metabolic resources

energy & material the body needs to function

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visceromotor regions

brain areas that control internal organs

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amygdala

brain structure involved in processing significance and uncertainty

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ventral striatum

motivation & reward

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Insula

processes body sensations

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Oribitofrontal cortex

decision-making

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Anterior cingulate cortex

monitoring and control

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Medial PFC

front-middle brain for complex thinking

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Rich Club Hubs

most connected brain regions, coordinate activity across whole brain

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Brain “hot spots”

regions that activate frequently

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SMA

movement planning station

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MCC

pay attention and keep going station

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vmPFC

decision-making

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pgACC

feeling and thinking

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aINS

body feelings sensor

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PMC/MC

movement control

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MCC/SMA/MC

movement and effort areas

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vIPFC

thinking and control

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angular gyrus

understanding area

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embodied simulation

recreating sensory and motor experiences in your mind

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intrinsic activity

ongoing brain activity, in the absence of sensory input

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Interoception

sensing signals from inside body

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affect

basic feelings of pleasure/displeasure and arousal/calm

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valence

pleasant/unpleasantness

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arousal

activation/calm

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consciousness

subjective awareness of experiences

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affective niche

aspects of environment relevant

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pINS (posterior insulation)

processes body sensations

<p>processes body sensations</p>
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vmPFC

integrates body and thinking

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SSC (somatosensory cortex)

touch and kinesthesia

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MC (motor cortex)

plan movement

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Simulations

Imagining experiences activates the same brain areas as the real experiences including, motor control regions

<p>Imagining experiences activates the same brain areas as the real experiences including, motor control regions</p>
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prediction signals

brain guesses what will happen (top-down feedback signals)

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prediction error

difference between prediction and real experience

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bayesian filters

mathematical weighing of predictions against evidence

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forward models

predictions about the sensory consequences of actions

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bottom-up signals

sensory info coming from the world

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feedforward signals

sensory input carrying prediction errors

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Stimulus → Response (S→ R) theory

perception → emotion → behaviour

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concept

collection of past experiences used to predict and categorize current situations (create meaning from sensory input, guide action)

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category

group of different instances treated as similar for some purpose

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categorization

making sense of sensory input using concepts

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ad-hoc concepts

flexible concepts created online for specific situations

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bayesian priors

initial predictions before seeing current evidence (can be supporting or disproving)

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Pattern completion

filling in missing information based on past knowledge

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situated conceptualization

making sense of a situation in a context

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mental inference fallacy

assumption that observed behaviour reveals internal mental states (WRONG)

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agranular (limbic) regions

least organized layers (coarse), SEND precautions about what the body needs

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dysgranular regions

moderately organized, relay predictions

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granular regions

highly organized (sensory areas), receive predictions

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prediction flow

layers of less organized areas → up to more organized areas

<p>layers of less organized areas → up to more organized areas</p>
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error flow (concept learning)

more organized → less organized areas

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AG/PC/mPFC - 3 types of concepts

emotion, sensory-motor, semantic processing (meaning)

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emotional experience and regulation areas

overlapping networks

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concept pathway

limbic cortex (body regulation) → predictions to sensory and motor areas → core networks

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visceromotor predictions

limbic cortices → hypothalamus → control ANS, neuroendocrine system (hormones), immune system → come back via vagus nerve and spinal cord (feedback)

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motor predictions

body predictions → movement predictions (motor cortex) → prediction errors flow back to limbic areas to anticipate and prepare movements

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sensory predictions

visceromotor predictions → sensory areas → predictions back to sensory areas

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default mode network

creates predictions (concepts) using past experience, runs internal model

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salience network

decides which prediction errors are salient (determines attention)

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frontoparietal control network

maintains and sculpts predictions long-term, flexible control and maintaining goals

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precision signals

predictions about reliability of sensory info

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gain

how strongly neurons respond to input

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reticular neurons

thalamus structures that filters sensory input

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thalamortical pathways

thalamus → cortex (carries sensory information)

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event perception

understanding unfolding situations, not just individual objects

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default mode network

runs simulations and generates predictions

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cortical hubs network

connection hubs that link other networks

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salience network

insula and frontal areas

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Theory of Constructed Emotion

past experience → categorize sensory input from body and the world

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construction

building mental experiences from multiple ingredients

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conceptual act

using concepts to categorize and make sense of situations

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natural kind

a category that exists in nature independent of human observers

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essentialist error

mistaking a statistical average for a real thing

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pattern classification

using stats to identify brain patterns for different categories

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Multivariate Pattern Analysis (MVPA)

finding brain pattern thru stats

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equipotentiality

false idea that all brain regions do everything equally

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decorticate

cerebral cortex removal

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pseudo-affective reflexes

automatic motor responses that look emotional but lack allostatic purpose

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Sham rage

reflexive aggressive behaviour without functional context

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pattern generators

brainstem circuits that coordinate behaviour

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fear conditioning

learning to associate neutral stimulus with threat

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freezing behaviour

immobility response

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Iowa Gambling Task

decision-making task that measures learning based on wins/losses

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Loss aversion

tendency to avoid losses more than seek gains

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Urbach-Wiethe disease

amygdala damage → damaged fear response (but still shows fear from CO2 inhalation)

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amygdala

important for fear, but not necessary or sufficient always

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Imperialism Colonialism • Refers to political or economic control, either legally or illegally. • Refers to where one nation assumes control over the other. • Creating an empire, expanding into neighboring regions and expanding the dominance far outside its borders. • Where a country conquers and rules over other regions for exploiting resources from the conquered country for the conqueror's benefit. • Foreign government controls/governs a territory without significant settlement. • Foreign government controls/governs the territory from within the land being colonized. • Little to no new settlement established on fresh territory. • Movement to settle to fresh territory. Age of Colonialism WHEN? • Started around the late 1400s and ended around the late 1700s/early 1800s. WHY? • Primary Reason: European countries, wished to find a direct trade route to Asia (China & India) and the East Indies. o Quicker and relatively more effective than land routes over Asia. • Secondary Reason: Empire expansion (land power) WHO? • Countries involved: Great Britain, France, Spain, the Dutch & Portugal. • Individuals’ knowns as Mercantilists believed that maintaining imperialized territory and colonizing the region could serve as a source of wealth, while personal motives by rulers, explorers, and missionaries could therefore promote their own agenda. o This agenda being “Glory, God and Gold”. Mercantilism • Mercantilism was a popular and main economic system for many European nations during the 16th to 18th centuries. • The main goal was to increase a nation’s wealth by promoting government rule of a nation’s economy for the purpose of enhancing state power at the expense of rival national power. • It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism. Why did mercantilists want colonies? • Mercantilists believed that a country must have an excess of exports over imports. • By colonizing territory, it provided the nation with indispensable wealth of precious raw materials. • Therefore, the claimed territory served as a market and supplier of raw materials for the mother country. Which, in time, provided an excess of exports for the nation and thus created wealth. o Development of Trading Companies to support this economic system. Hudson Bay Company – (1670). Controlled primarily North America. o Dutch East Indie Trading Company (1682) o East Indian Trading Company (1600) o Royal African Trade Company (1672) WHERE? • European nations begun to colonize the America, India and the East Indies to create a direct trade route. • Great Britain was the leading power in India, Australia and North America, South Africa. • Spain colonized central and South America. • French held Louisiana, coastal land of Africa and French Guinea. • The Dutch built an empire in the East Indies. • The Portuguese was able to take control of present-day Brazil and the southern tip of South America and Japan. Age of Colonialism • As countries started to imperialize these regions, eventually the concept of colonization took hold: • This is what makes the Age of Colonialism extremely different! End of Colonialism • By 1800, colonialism became less popular • Why? o Revolutions (Spain, France & American) o The Napoleonic Wars o Struggle for nationalism and democracy. o Exhausted all money and energy to supervise their colonies. Waiting to wake again • Imperialism would stay quiet for close to 50 years before Great Britain and France’s economies revitalized. • The outbreak of the Industrial Revolution only encouraged and revitalized European nations to begin their conquest for new territory and resources. Age of Imperialism THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA 1870-1914 Conditions Prior to Imperialism of Africa  European interest in exploiting Africa was minimal.  Their economic interests & profit in Africa primarily came through coastal trade that took place during the 1500-1700s.  The slave trade became the main source of European profit.  Furthermore, disease, political instability, lack of transportation and unpredictable climate all discouraged Europeans from seeking territory. 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Politics- Unification of Germany and Italy left little room to expand in Europe. Germany and Italy both needed raw materials to “catch up” with Britain and France so they looked to Africa. The Scramble for Africa  The scramble started in 1870.  Although some coastal land had previously been acquired before 1870, the need for territory quickly accelerated as European countries looked t get deeper into Africa.  Within 20 years, nearly all continents were placed under imperialistic rule. Who was Involved?  Great Britain  France  Germany  Italy  Portugal  Belgium  Spain (kind) Violent Affairs  Violence broke out multiple times when European nations looked to claim the same territory.  Germ Chancellor. Otto van Bismarck. Attempted to avert the possibility of violence against the European powers.  In 1884, Bismarck organized a conference in Berlin for the European nations. The Berlin Conference (1884-85)  The conference looked to set ground rules for future annexation of African territory by European Nations.  Annexation is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state’s territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.  From a distant perspective, it looked like it would reduce tensions among European nations and avert war.  At the heart of the meeting, these European countries negotiated their claims to African territory, made it official and then mapped their regions.  Furthermore, the leaders agreed to allow free trade among imperialized territory and some homework for negotiating future European claims in Africa was established. Further Path  After the conference, european powers continued to expand their claims in Africa so that by 1900. 90% of the African territory had been claimed. 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Changing the World through a Nationalistic Vision • The French Revolution significantly changed the political world and how countries govern. • The Industrial Revolution significantly changed the economic world. • The Age of Imperialism (1870-1914) dramatically changed the political, economic, and social world. What is Imperialism? • Imperialism- The policy of extending the rule of authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. Power and influence are done through diplomacy or military force. Reasons for Imperialism • There are 5 main motives for empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories: 1. Exploratory • Imperial nations wanted to explore territory unknown to them. • The main purpose for this exploration of new lands was for resource acquisition, medical or scientific research. o Charles Darwin • Other reasons: o Cartography (map making) o Adventure 2. Ethnocentric • Europeans acted on the concept of ethnocentrism o Ethnocentrism- the belief that one race or nation is superior to others. • Ethnocentrism developed out of Charles Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory. Philosophers used the theory to explain why there were superior races and inferior races. o This became known as Social Darwinism. • Most imperial nations believed that their cultural values or beliefs were superior to other nations or groups. • Believed imperial conquest would bring successful culture to inferior people. 3. Religious • Imperial expansion promoted a religious movement of people setting out to convert new members of conquered territories. • With the belief that Christianity was superior, missionaries believed it was their duty to spread Christianity to the world. • Christian missionaries established churches, and in doing so, they spread Western culture values as well. • Typically, missionaries spread the imperial nation's language through education and religious interactions. 4. Political • Patriotism and Nationalism helped spur our imperial growth, thus creating competition against other supremacies. • It was a matter of national pride, respect, and security. • Furthermore, European rivalry spurred nations for imperial conquest. Since land equaled power, the more land a country could acquire the more prestige they could wield across the globe. • Empires wanted strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world. • The empire believed they must expand, thus they needed to be defended. 5. Economic • With the Industrial Revolution taking place during the same time, governments and private companies contributed to find ways to maximize profits. • Imperialized countries provided European factories and markets with natural resources (old and new) to manufacture products. • Trading posts were strategically placed around imperialized countries to maximize and increase profits. o Such places as the Suez Canal in Egypt which was controlled by the British provided strategic choke hold over many European powers. o Imperial powers competed over the best potential locations for resources, markets, and trade. History of Imperialism • Ancient Imperialism 600 BCE-500 CE o Roman Empire, Ancient China, Greek Empire, Persian Empire, Babylonian Empire. • Middle Age Imperialism (Age of Colonialism-1400-1800s) o Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands (Dutch), Russia. • Age of Imperialism 1870-1914 o Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Japan, United States, Ottoman Empire, Russia. • Current Imperialism...? o U.S. Military intervention (i.e. Middle East) o Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. 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WHY? • Primary Reason: European countries, wished to find a direct trade route to Asia (China & India) and the East Indies. o Quicker and relatively more effective than land routes over Asia. • Secondary Reason: Empire expansion (land power) WHO? • Countries involved: Great Britain, France, Spain, the Dutch & Portugal. • Individuals’ knowns as Mercantilists believed that maintaining imperialized territory and colonizing the region could serve as a source of wealth, while personal motives by rulers, explorers, and missionaries could therefore promote their own agenda. o This agenda being “Glory, God and Gold”. Mercantilism • Mercantilism was a popular and main economic system for many European nations during the 16th to 18th centuries. • The main goal was to increase a nation’s wealth by promoting government rule of a nation’s economy for the purpose of enhancing state power at the expense of rival national power. • It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism. Why did mercantilists want colonies? • Mercantilists believed that a country must have an excess of exports over imports. • By colonizing territory, it provided the nation with indispensable wealth of precious raw materials. • Therefore, the claimed territory served as a market and supplier of raw materials for the mother country. Which, in time, provided an excess of exports for the nation and thus created wealth. o Development of Trading Companies to support this economic system. Hudson Bay Company – (1670). Controlled primarily North America. o Dutch East Indie Trading Company (1682) o East Indian Trading Company (1600) o Royal African Trade Company (1672) WHERE? • European nations begun to colonize the America, India and the East Indies to create a direct trade route. • Great Britain was the leading power in India, Australia and North America, South Africa. • Spain colonized central and South America. • French held Louisiana, coastal land of Africa and French Guinea. • The Dutch built an empire in the East Indies. • The Portuguese was able to take control of present-day Brazil and the southern tip of South America and Japan. Age of Colonialism • As countries started to imperialize these regions, eventually the concept of colonization took hold: • This is what makes the Age of Colonialism extremely different! End of Colonialism • By 1800, colonialism became less popular • Why? o Revolutions (Spain, France & American) o The Napoleonic Wars o Struggle for nationalism and democracy. o Exhausted all money and energy to supervise their colonies. Waiting to wake again • Imperialism would stay quiet for close to 50 years before Great Britain and France’s economies revitalized. • The outbreak of the Industrial Revolution only encouraged and revitalized European nations to begin their conquest for new territory and resources. Age of Imperialism THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA 1870-1914 Conditions Prior to Imperialism of Africa  European interest in exploiting Africa was minimal.  Their economic interests & profit in Africa primarily came through coastal trade that took place during the 1500-1700s.  The slave trade became the main source of European profit.  Furthermore, disease, political instability, lack of transportation and unpredictable climate all discouraged Europeans from seeking territory. Slave Trade & the Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyages  Forced labor was not uncommon during the 13-17th Centuries. Africans and Europeans had been trading goods and people across the Mediteranea for centuries.  This all changed from 1526 to 1867, as a new system of slavery was introduced that became highly “commercialized, racialized and inherited”  By 1690, the America and West Indies saw approximately 30,000 African people shipped from Africa. A century later, that number grew to 85,000 people per year.  By 1867, approximately 12.5 million people (about twice the population of Arizona) left Africa in a slave ship. What Changed? 1. End of the Slave Trade- Left a need for trade between Europe and Africa. 2. Innovation in technology- The steam engine and iron hulled boats allowed Europe 3. Discovery of new raw materials- Explorers located vast raw materials and resources and this only spurred imperialism with Europe in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. 4. Politics- Unification of Germany and Italy left little room to expand in Europe. Germany and Italy both needed raw materials to “catch up” with Britain and France so they looked to Africa. The Scramble for Africa  The scramble started in 1870.  Although some coastal land had previously been acquired before 1870, the need for territory quickly accelerated as European countries looked t get deeper into Africa.  Within 20 years, nearly all continents were placed under imperialistic rule. Who was Involved?  Great Britain  France  Germany  Italy  Portugal  Belgium  Spain (kind) Violent Affairs  Violence broke out multiple times when European nations looked to claim the same territory.  Germ Chancellor. Otto van Bismarck. Attempted to avert the possibility of violence against the European powers.  In 1884, Bismarck organized a conference in Berlin for the European nations. The Berlin Conference (1884-85)  The conference looked to set ground rules for future annexation of African territory by European Nations.  Annexation is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state’s territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.  From a distant perspective, it looked like it would reduce tensions among European nations and avert war.  At the heart of the meeting, these European countries negotiated their claims to African territory, made it official and then mapped their regions.  Furthermore, the leaders agreed to allow free trade among imperialized territory and some homework for negotiating future European claims in Africa was established. Further Path  After the conference, european powers continued to expand their claims in Africa so that by 1900. 90% of the African territory had been claimed. A Turn towards Colonization?  Upon the imperialization of African territory, European nations and little interest in African land unless it produced economic wealth.  Therefore, European governments put little effort and expertise into these imperialized regions.  In most cases, this emat a form of indirect rule. Thus, governing the natin without sufficient settlement and government from within the mother country. Some Exceptions  There were some exemptions through in Africa as colonization was a necessary for some regions i n Africa.  Some regions where diamonds and gold were present. Government looked to protectorate the regions and establish rule and settlement in the regions.  Protectorates: A state controlled and protected by another state for defense against aggression and other law violations. Would  Some examples include South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Congo. Conclusion  Although it may appear that the Berlin Conference averted war amid the African Scramble, imperialism eventually brought the world into worldwide conflict.  With the continued desire to create an empire by European nations. World War 1 would break out which can be linked to this quest at imperialism.
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