PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Emotions, Polygraph, Pushing Hands
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Emotions: mental states or feelings associated with our evaluation of our experiences. : humans experience a small number of distinct emotions, even if they combine in complex ways: emotions are innate and have evolutionary functions as we react to outside stimuli, emotions tend to be universal. Cultural differences in expression: cultures differ in display rules - cultural differences in emotion. Emotions and physiology: we are able to differentiate some primary emotions physiologically. Heart rate increases more with negative emotions. Digestive system slows down with fear (body uses energy to run or ght and not eat: not all are different, though. Happy and sad look the same in brain scans. Multiple parts of the brain are active with different emotions. : theories proposing that emotions are products of thinking. What we feel in response to a situation is how we interrupt it.
