PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paul Ekman, Emo, Autonomic Nervous System
29 Nov 2016
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Psychology chapter 11 lecture guide: emotion and motivation. * emotion: mental states or feelings associated with our evaluation of our experiences; motivated state marked by physiological arousal/expression behavioral/mental experiences. * emotions have biological roots and serve evolutionary functions (discrete emotions theory) * emotions are adaptive; they prepare us for action, especially in situations relevant to our survival (ex. disgust around rotting food might help avoid illness, anger might get us ready to fight off predators) * humans have a small number of distinct emotions, we are biologically programmed to express in the same way. * darwin"s ideas about emotion expression in animals is relevant to d. e. t (primates show highly similar emotional expressions when compared to humans) * paul ekman: study with new guinea tribal people, saw that certain facial expressions universally interpreted the same way even in widely distant cultures.
