Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Joseph E. Ledoux, Cerebral Cortex, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Fight-or-light response produced by sympathetic branch of autonomic nervous system and hormones from endocrine system. Expressive behaviours observable behavioural indications of subjectively experienced emotions. Empathy the capacity for experiencing the same emotional response being exhibited by another person: darwin argued that emotional displays are products of evolution, and they contribute to species survival. Two indings suggest humans have fundamental emotional patterns: expressions of certain emotions are similar across variety of cultures, children who are blind from birth express basic emotions in same way as sighted children. Facial action coding system procedures- precise study of facial expressions: women = better judgers of emotional expressions, greater adaptive signiicance for women. Olympians were analyzed of winners right ater the match and again ater receiving medals- facial expressions displayed spontaneously in an emotional situation can be considered universal: diferent parts of face provide best cues for recognizing various emotions.