PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Rejection, Anhedonia, Cognitive Distortion
31 May 2018
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CHAPTER 13
• emotions
o subjective feelings
o bodily changes
o action tendencies
• issues in research
o state vs trait
▪ state
• woman sad bc bike was stolen
▪ trait
• woman is frequently sad
o categories vs dimensions
▪ categories
• universal facial expression for sadness
▪ dimensions
• unpleasant
o high=nervous
o low=bored
• emotional life
o content
▪ pleasant emotions
• happiness
o defined as
▪ judgement that life is satisfying
▪ predominance of positive vs negative emotions
o research on happiness
▪ happy people are
• less abusive and hostile
• more helpful, creative, energetic, forgiving,
trusting
• report fewer diseases
• report satisfying relationships
o personality and wellbeing
▪ extraversion→positive emotions→positive
subjective wellbeing
▪ neuroticism→negative emotions→negative
subjective wellbeing
▪ unpleasant emotions
• neuroticism
o biological theories
▪ limbic system
• responsible for emotion and fight or flight
▪ anterior cingulate
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