PSYC 100 Lecture 20: Week 20 (Online Lesson Material)

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

After working through this lesson"s material, you should be able to: Evaluate how well central state theory explains eating and overeating. Explain the relationship between arousal and emotion: describe the james-lange, cannon-bard, and schachter two-factor theories of emotion, describe how emotions and other forms of affect can influence judgments about the self and others. Identify the brain structures involved in processing emotion. Describe research, including cross-cultural studies, on facial expression and recognition of emotion. In the two topics for this lesson, we will cover the basic definitions and current theories about motivation, as well as definitions and theories about emotion. Why do we do the things we do . Describe the james-lange, cannon-bard, and schachter two-factor theories of emotion. Describe the roles of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex in emotion. Describe research, including cross-cultural studies, on human expression and recognition of emotion. Describe how emotions and other forms of affect can influence judgments about the self and others.