PSYCH 101 EXAM 3

LECTURES 9, 10, 11, 12

emotion

a state of arousal involving

facial and bodily changes, brain

activation, cognitive appraisals,

subjective feelings, and tendencies

towards action, all shaped by cultural

rules.

Physiological changes

– Cognitive processes

– Cultural influences

emotion includes

When there’s an angry face in a crowd, we can spot that so much faster than spotting the happy face in the crowd 

• Surprise

• Disgust

• Happy

• Sadness

• Anger

• Fear

• Contempt

primary emotions

Researcher went to new guinea and found the fore people tribe that had very limited contact with the outside world → unfamiliar with faces outside of their small community,

Read a one-line story:

This child has lost its mother and he feels very sad. → then they were able to identify the sad face 85-90% (could identify primary emotions, however could not identify secondary emotions)

Secondary emotions → more culturally bound than biologically bound. Ex: shame, pride

The facial feedback hypothesis

Secondary Emotions

develop with

cognitive maturity and vary across

individuals and cultures

shame, pride

examples of secondary emotions

1. Facial Feedback

2. Darwin’s Theory

3. Mood Contagion

the function of facial expressions

Babies show emotion and have survival blue —> smile makes adults want to care for them, mimic parents facial moods

Darwin’s Theory

hedonic princilpe

the notion that all

people are motivated to experience

pleasure and avoid pain (Aristotle).