PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Penicillin, Congenital Syphilis, Speech-Language Pathology

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: Brenda Smith- Chant

Document Summary

Reason for arousal may not be related to the emotion that is labeled. Hypothesis: unambiguous physiological arousal (e. g. , a definite fear situation) will be labeled as something else (sexual attraction) under specific circumstances. Research question: males induced to be physiological aroused (with fear) but, Will label it as sexual attraction when there is an attractive mate in the environment (how to induce fear?) Test of ambiguous moods (how did they feel, fear?) Approached (randomly) by either a male or attractive female. Participant who crossed the capilano female confederate and male confederate. Participants who crossed the stable bridge no difference for meeting male/female confederate. Salient and relevant environmental cues influence the perception of sexual attraction instead of fear. Arousal combines with cognitive labeling to produce distinct emotions. Limits the types if answers that can result. Theory: a coherent network of explanatory ideas. Research question: specific predictions derived from a theory. Operational definition-necessary, can be different from the dictionary meaning.