HD FS 428 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Limbic System, Immune System, Hard Wired
27 Feb 2017
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The capacity to recognize emotions that are being experienced by another sentiment or fictional being. The experience of understanding another person"s condition from their perspective. The ability to stand in another"s shoes: to feel what it is like there, to care about making it better if it hurts. 2 cognitive components: the ability to: Discriminate and label affective states in others. Assume the perspective and role of another person. 1 affective (emotional) component: emotional responsiveness. The automatic response in which the cries of another infant cause them to cry. What about their own cries: hearing their cries in a recording. Experience: the ability to distinguish self from other . The most important relationship is the first interactions with the primary caregiver: usually the mom. Rational brain (cortex) vs. emotional brain (limbic system: rational brain: Immune system: chronically high levels of cortisol/stress: Emotional brain > rational brain: anxiety attack: Worry > event: view novelty as scary.
