PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Limbic System, Cognitive Therapy, Frontal Lobe

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Emotion: emotion and motivation are closely related aspects of behaviour, emotions are usually triggered by external stimuli, motivation is often rooted in something internal (e. g cognition, survival instincts, emotion is often a source of motivation. Types of emotions: early concepts of emotional dimensions and intensity, james & lange (1884, different patterns of autonomic activity underlie different emotions. Basic emotions are biologically primitive and apply to all animals, including humans. Have evolved in order to increase the survival and reproductive fitness of the animal: eight primary emotions. 2: ekman wanted to know whether facial expression changes as society develops or is it universal and unchanged. Characteristics of emotions: subjective experience (affective state or feeling, bodily reaction: positioning, gestures, verbal influences (raised voice, crying), trembling, facial expression, associated thoughts and beliefs (cognitions), joy = accomplishment, acceptance, despair = failure, non-acceptance. 3: global effect: negative or positive emotion can colour your outlook on the world, associated actions and tendencies: anger = aggression.

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