PSYC-104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Public Space, Affective Forecasting
6 Apr 2016
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Discrete emotions theory: humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that can combine in complex ways, evolutionarily adaptive, emotional expressions may be the by-products of innate motor programs. Evolutionary basis of emotion: disgust: physiological responses are adaptive, some emotions prepare us for biological actions (ex. Eyes wide, showing teeth: darwin: human and animals expressions of emotion are similar. Culture and emotions: primary emotions, cross-culturally universal, biological bases. Pride (still being debated: secondary emotions, mix of primary emotions, ex. Hatred = anger + disgust: cultural differences: display rules, culturally appropriate" emotions (ex. Happy face when speaking to an authority figure china: physiological responses, some emotions have similar physiological responses yet, they all activate the brain differently, fake emotions. Lying and lie detection: humans: usually not accurate in detecting lies, polygraph tests: 98% accurate, pinocchio response: a perfect physiological or behavioural indicator of lying, controlled question test (cqt): Relevant questions: bearing on the crime in question.
