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| a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity |
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| Two dimensions of Emotion |
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| emotions can be mapped by their valence (negative or positive) and arousal (level of excitement) |
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| a theory about the relationship between emotional experience and physiological activity suggesting that stimuli trigger activity in the autonomic nervous system, which in turn produces an emotional experience in the brain |
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| a theory about the relationship between emotional experience and physiological activity suggesting that a stimulus simultaneously trigger both activity in the autonomic nervous system and emotional experience in the brain |
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| Two factor theory by Schachter-Singer |
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| a theory about the relationship between emotional experience and physiological activity suggesting that emotions are inferences about the causes of undifferentiated physiological arousal |
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| how negative or positive the experience is |
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| how active or passive the experience is |
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1. autonomic nervous system reacts too slowly regarding to the onset of emotional experience 2. it is difficult to detect changes in their own autonomic nervous system 3. there will be non-emotional stimuli that may lead to the same autonomic nervous system as emotional stimuli do. 4. there wouldn't be enough unique patterns of autonomic activity to account for all the unique emotional experience people have. |
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| 4 reasons why Cannon-Bard think that their theory is more reasonable than that of James-Lang |
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| those who lost temporal lobe, limbic system and amygdala part are showing no preference for food, sex mates nor they show no fear. |
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| plays a key role in the production of emotion. |
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| an evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus that is performed by the amygdala |
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| information goes from the thalamus directly to the amygdala |
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| information goes from the thalamus to the cortex and then to the amygdala |
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| the amygdala presses the emotional gas pedal and the cortex then hits the brakes. |
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| the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies to influence one's emotional experience |
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| a strategy that involves changing one's emotional experience by changing the meaning of the emotional eliciting stimulus |
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| Any observable sign of an emotional state |
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| the hypothesis that emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone. |
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1. people are quite accurate at judging the emotional expressions of members of other cultures. 2. people who have never seen a human face make the same facial expression as those who have |
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| 2 lines supporting the universality hypothesis |
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| facial feed-back hypothesis |
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| the hypothesis that emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they signify. |
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- feelings cause emotional expressions - facial feedback hypothesis - people with trouble experiencing emotions have trouble recognizing the emotions of others |
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| the cause and effect of expression |
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| norms of the control of emotional expression |
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1. intensification 2. de-intensification 3. masking 4. neutralizing |
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| 4 techniques/types of display rules |
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| involves exaggerating the expression of one's emotion, as hen a person pretends to be more surprise by a gift than she really is |
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| involves muting the expression of one's emotion, as when the loser of a contest tries to look less distressed than he really is. |
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| involves one emotion while feeling another, as when a poker player tries to look distressed rather than delighted as she examines a hand with four aces. |
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| involves feeling an emotion but displaying no expression, as when judges try not to betray their leanings while lawyers make their arguments. |
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morphology symmetry duration temporal patterning |
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| 4 features of facial expression |
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| facial expression -> morphology |
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| that depends on reliable muscles (which is revealing) |
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| the purpose for or cause of an action |
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| the notion that all people are motivated to experience pleasure and avoid pain. |
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| instinct, by William James |
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| inherited tendency to seek a particular goal |
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| the tendency for a system to take action to keep itself in a particular state |
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| an internal state generated by departures from physiological optimality |
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bottom to top: - Physiological needs - Safety and security needs - belongingness and love needs - Esteem needs - Need for self actualization |
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| Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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measures physiological changes associated with stress. - high false positive rate |
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| some brain areas are more active when people tell lies than when they tell the truth |
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| when body needs energy: it sends orexigenic signal (tell the brain to switch hunger on) - ghrelin |
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| it sends anorexigenic sginal (to tell brain to switch hunger off) - leptin |
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| when body has enough energy |
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| primary receiver of hunger signals |
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| receives orexigenic signals |
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| ventromedial hypothalamus |
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| receives anorexigenic signals |
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| an eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging |
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| an eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of being fat and severe restrict of food intake |
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| the rate at which energy is used by the body |
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- DHEA hormone - testosterone - estrogen which involves in monthly cycle |
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| factors that contribute to the sexual interest |
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| human sexual response cycle |
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| the stages of physiological arousal during sexual activity |
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| excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution |
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| stages of human sexual response cycle |
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| a motivation to take actions that are not themselves rewarding but that lead to reward |
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| a motivation to take actions that are rewarding themselves |
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| a motivation of which one is aware |
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| a motivation of which one is not aware |
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| the motivation to solve worthwhile problems |
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| a motivation to experience positive outcomes |
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| a motivation no to experience negative outcomes |
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