PSYC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hedonic Treadmill, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Life Satisfaction
4 Apr 2016
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People use mood and affect as interchangeable terms- but they are different. Affect is a classification of whether or not something is positive or negative. It can be a quick reaction to something (automatic reaction) Mood is a state but not associated with an event- it"s an internal state. Emotion is a reaction to something that happened. Kind of like the duplex mind: automatic affect- quick response interpreted as good or bad and may occur outside of consciousness, conscious emotion- experience of a state strong emotion like anger and happiness. Emotion is more that just valence (pleasant vs. unpleasant) Emotions can vary on the level of physiological arousal ( increased heart rate, heavy breathing) Two-dimensional model suggests every emotion can be described as a combination of pleasantness/unpleasantness and high/low arousal. It"s possible to feel something negative and feel something positive at the same time. There are instances where you can feel both.
