PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prefrontal Cortex, Social Rejection, Neuroticism
5 Jan 2017
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Emotions and personality what are emotions: have distinct subjective feelings, accomplished by bodily changes, accompanied by action tendencies. Being angry feels different from being happy. When scared heavy in the shoulders, heart rate increases. When angry tempted to lash out or yell or cry. Categories (primary emotions) vs. dimensions (subjects rate themselves then use statistic techniques to identify basic dimensions) Reciprocal causality: results of being happy (listed above) can actually cause others to feel happy. Extraversion positive emotion subjective well-being. Neuroticism negative emotion subjective well-being. In research, high-scoring extraversion more strongly responded to happy music and movies. Vice versa with neuroticism and dark films. Associated with active anterior cingulate (social rejection) Increased activation of right pre-frontal cortex (emotion regulation) Preferential processing of negative information about self. Richer networks associated for memories with negative emotions. The world: the world is not fair . Negative emotions: decreased decision-making, focus, and self-esteem as well as increased feeling of worthlessness.
