PSY205 Lecture 9: PSY205 Lecture 9
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Emotion: humans: emotional species, components of emotion, emotion: occur in response to sig. life events, feeling-purposive-expressive-bodily responses, help us to adapt to opps. Life events: one type of motive which energizes & directs behaviour, o(cid:374)goi(cid:374)g (cid:858)readout(cid:859) syste(cid:373) to i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ate ho(cid:449) (cid:449)ell/poorly perso(cid:374)al adaptatio(cid:374): going. What causes an emotion: biology (lies at causal core) - emotions can occur spontaneously (facial expression), much emotional processing automatic, emotional states: hard to verbalize, occur in infants & animals, cognition (necessary prerequisite) invidid. Cognitive appraisal of event & perso(cid:374)al rele(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e eli(cid:272)it e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) (cid:858)is (cid:271)u(cid:373)p (cid:272)at or (cid:373)urderer(cid:859: two system view: How many emotions are there: bio 2-8, emphasizes primary emotions, cognitive unlimited #, importance of primary emotions but stresses complex (acquired) emotions, e(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)iliatio(cid:374) of #(cid:859)s issue, all basic emotions feature . Emotion vs mood: + affect: pleasurable engagement, reward driven motivation,approachbehavior, dopaminergic pathways, prosocial behaviour, creativity, decision-making efficiency, persistence.
