Lesson 9: Emotion

behavior feedback effect

tendency of behavior to influence one’s own and others’ thoughts, feelings, and actions

emotion

response that involves physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience arising from one’s interpretations

polygraph

machine used to detect lies by measuring changes in perspiration, heart rate, and breathing

emotions are a mix of…

bodily arousal, expressive behaviors, conscious experience, and feelings

James-Lange theory

theory that emotions result from attention to our bodily activity

Cannon-Bard theory

theory that our bodily responses and experienced emotions occur separately but simultaneously

two-factor theory

theory that our physical reactions and our thoughts together create emotion

the insula corresponds with…

negative social emotions like jealousy

the right prefrontal cortex corresponds with…

negative emotions like disgust

the right frontal lobe corresponds with…

depression

the left frontal lobe corresponds with…

positive moods

facial feedback effect

tendency of facial muscle states to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness