PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Lie Detection
24 Aug 2016
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Chapter 11 emotion and motivation: what moves us. Mental states form feelings associated with our evaluation of our experiences. Several theories on what causes our emotions, but lots of support for which ones we have: but lots of support for which ones we have. Humans experience a small number of distinct emotions, even if they combine in complex ways: eg. Emotions have biological roots and serve evolutionary functions: eg. Also state that emotions (limbic system) precede our thoughts about them (cortex: our brain is processing the emotion before we can think about it. If evolutionary in nature, emotions should be universal: stable worldwide, research support shows that people do share primary emotions across nations. Good support for seven primary emotions: happiness, disgust, fear, sadness, surprise, anger, and contempt, pride may also be a primary emotion. Cultures differ in display rules, how and when to express emotion. Does not influence emotion itself, but instead its overt expression.
