PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Prairie Vole, Montane Vole, Emotional Expression
12 Apr 2016
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George orwell, author of 1984, was fighting in the spanish civil war. He has experienced sympathy breakthrough when came the time to execute a fascist; he realized then that they were only human, just like him. Emotions can be defined as brief, specific, multidimensional responses to challenges or opportunities that are important to our goals, especially social goals. Facial expressions of emotions last 1-5 seconds and physiological responses that accompany emotions last dozens of seconds or minutes. Moods can last for hours and even days. Emotional disorders, like depression, last for weeks, months or years. Emotions help us achieve our social goals by how we respond to specific challenges and opportunities involving interactions with other people. We do so by studying five components of emotion. Appraisal process: consists of patterns of construal by which we evaluate events and objects in our environment according to their relation to our current goals. o.
