PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Microexpression, Research Assistant

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

See something like a bear fear (emotional experience) physiological response. See something like a bear physiological response fear (emotional experience: note the physiological and emotional are reverse when comparing to common sense. Prediction: if you can induce a physiological response, then it will produce the corresponding emotional experience: example: inducing facial expressions. If people hold a pencil in between teeth, forces a smile. Bear physiological response/ fear (emotional experience: separate, parallel processes (happening simultaneously, cognitive thing allowing label of fear to be placed. Emotional experience affected by bodily response: e. g. , quadriplegics report less intense anger experiences. Paralyzed people (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e full (cid:271)ody e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) (cid:894)shaki(cid:374)g (cid:449)he(cid:374) a(cid:374)gry(cid:895) therefore less intense emotional experience: e. g. , facial feedback. Differe(cid:374)t (cid:858)e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s(cid:859) (cid:272)a(cid:374) ha(cid:448)e similar arousal properties: (cid:862)feeli(cid:374)gs that o(cid:374)e i(cid:374)terprets as fear in the presence of a sheer drop may be interpreted as lust i(cid:374) the prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of a sheer (cid:271)louse. (cid:863) Cognitive appraisal determines which emotion is attributed to arousal.