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Cognative Phsycology
Emotion C8
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/13/2007

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Arousal
Definition
The overall term for the bodily changes that occur in emotion, such as changes in heart rate. sweating.
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Valence
Definition
Positive or negatice of the emotional responcse to a specific object or event.
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Circumplex model
Definition
puts "arousal" on one axis and "valence" on the other.
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approach-Withdrawal model
Definition
characterizes the componets of an emotional reacton that is the propesity to acton-that is motiveation-as either a tendency to approach the object,event or situation or to withdraw from it.
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Manipulation by mood induction
Definition
  •  Imagine situations
  • Film clubs
  • Movies

 

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Manipulation by ecocation stimuli
Definition
  • Picture of faces w/emotions
  • emotinal sence
  • Words
  • Money
  • Loud noise
  • Mild sock
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Measuring emotion directly
Definition
We use direct assessment: which is symply involves asking research participants about theri emoitnion. Ex, what is you reaction to this?
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Measuring Emotion Indireclty
Definition
  • Behavior timing: response time or eye movement
  • Psychophysiology: measuring you mental and body abilistudy of the relationship b/n mental state and physiological responses.
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skin conductance respnse (SCR)
Definition
Autonomic nercus system arousual, it is assessed py placing electrodes of the participant's fingers: the electrodes pass a small ectrical current throu the skin. Changes in resistance to the current, are masured.
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Potentialted eyeblink startle
Definition
we blink harder when startled (ex, when you hear a noce behind you more than once in a day) more.
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Startle
Definition
is a reflex that is potentialted, or enhanced, when we are in a negative emotional state.
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Emotional Learning
Definition
learing thae pople, place. and things have some sort of value to us
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Primarly Reinforces
Definition

Motivating properties occure naturally and do not need to be learn, (shock)

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Secondary Reinforcer

Definition
Moritavion properties are acquired through learing. (Money)
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Emotional Clasical Conditioning
Definition

Learined association b/n a learned event and an emotinal event. Ex, Feeling of bad when we see a location that we had a car acccident.

 

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