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Exam 4 - Chapter 10: Emotion
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/26/2007

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Emotions
Definition
feelings that involve subjective evaluation, cognitive beliefs, and phsyiological processes which regulate behavior - they are immediate responses
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Mood

Definition

a diffuse and long-lasting emotional state that influences rather than interrupts thought and behavior

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PRIMARY EMOTIONS:

 

-Ekman's 6 basic emotions

-3 characteristics

Definition

evolutionarily adaptive emotions that humans share across cultures; associated w/ specific biological and phsyical states

 

-anger, fear, disgust, surprise, joy, sadness

1) distinct facial features

2) universal

3) evolutionarily adaptive

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SECONDARY EMOTIONS:

 

1) bittersweet

2) jealousy

3) disappointment

Definition

blends of primary emotions, including states such as remorse, guilt, submission, and anticipation 

 

1) sadness and joy

2) anger and desire

3) sadness and surprise

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circumplex model
Definition
emotions are arranged in a circle around the intersections of two core dimensions of affect
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James-Lange theory of emotion
Definition
a theory that suggests that the experience of emotion is elicited by a phsyiological response to a particular stimulus or situation
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Cannon-Bard Theory
Definition
theory that asserts that emotion-producing stimuli from the environment elicit both and emotional and a phsyical reaction
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Two-factor theory of emotion

Definition
theory proposes that a situation evokes both a physiological response, such as arousal, and a cognitive interpretation
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