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Human Emotion Exam 1
Beer Fall 2014
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
09/14/2014

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Term
Basic Emotions
Definition
Anger, fear, disgust, surprise, happiness, sadness
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Social Emotions
Definition
Embarrassment, guilt, shame,social anxiety, pride
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Emotion
Definition
Brief event with three components (physiology,facial expression, phenomology)
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Process of emotion
Definition
Contextual event -> emotion -> observable response
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Measuring emotion by physiology
Definition
Autonomic nervous system arousal
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Facial Expression
Definition
Observing/ FACS Coding
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ANS Activation
Definition
Rapid and forceful contractions of the heart. Rapid and deep breathing, increased blood pressure, sweating, redirection of blood to large muscles (flight)
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IAPS
Definition
Rated positive, negative, or neutral
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Mood
Definition
More enduring state
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Affect
Definition
Simple positive or negative
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Personality
Definition
stable individual differences across situations
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Cognition
Definition
not always identifiable by facial expressions; not always physiological arousal
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Appraisal theory of emotion
Definition
Emotions as information
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Action readiness theory of emotion
Definition
Prepare for behavior
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Evolutionary theory of emotion
Definition
solve adaptive problems
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Appraisals signified by emotion
Definition
pleasantness, attention, situational control, certainty, self/other responsibility, anticipated effort
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Function of basic emotions
Definition
coping with physical environment to promote goals
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Function of social emotions
Definition
coping with social environment to promote goals
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Appraisal of anger
Definition
Demeaning offense against me
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Action readiness of anger
Definition
approach offender to hurt, insult
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Evolution of anger
Definition
to protect self and resources
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Appraisal of fear
Definition
Means immediate danger
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Action readiness of fear
Definition
Avoid, run from threat
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Evolutionary of fear
Definition
to protect self and resources
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Appraisal of Disgust
Definition
taking in or being too close to an idegestbile idea or object
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Action readiness of disgust
Definition
Avoid object or idea
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Evolutionary of disgust
Definition
avoid poisoning one's self
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Appraisal of amusement
Definition
Something pleasureable has happened
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Action readiness of amusement
Definition
Approach, make contact
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Evolved of amusement
Definition
Know what is good and rewarding
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Appraisal of sadness
Definition
irrevocable loss
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Appraisal of embarrasment
Definition
Small, unintentional violation of social norm
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Action readiness of embarassment
Definition
impeasement, repair relations
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Evolved of embarassment
Definition
avoid social banishment
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Appraisal of pride
Definition
met or exceeded expectation
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action readiness of pride
Definition
approach, repetion of events
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evolved of pride
Definition
mark status within group
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Appraisal of jealousy
Definition
others have something you want
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Action readiness of jealousy
Definition
approach something or someone
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evolved of jealousy
Definition
optimize resources and reproductive opportunities
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Cultural relativism perspective of expression
Definition
Culture determines emotions and emotion expressions. Expressions tell us about culture, but not about the emotions of humanity
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Universality and Evolutionary adaptive perspective of expression
Definition
Darwin: continuities between hums and other species
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Dashiell method of testing universality
Definition
Identify picture instead of words, provides context for picture, point to picture instead of talking, no list of words to memorize
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Antecedent
Definition
The kinds of contextual events you expect to lead to particular emotions
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