PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Amygdala
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Emotions innately experienced by all humans in the same way and for the same reasons. e. g. fear, anger, enjoyment, disgust, interest, surprise, contempt, shame, sadness, distress, guilt, acceptance. Complex blends of emotions that develop with experience (e. g. awe, inspiration). Emotion causes facial expressions and facial expressions cause emotions (facial feedback) (e. g. smiling increases happiness and frowning increases sadness). Facial expressions can express real or false feelings to others. Mood contagion: facial expressions can affect the facial expressions and emotions of others (e. g. concerts can intensify joy and riots can intensify anger). Babies are happier when their parents smile at them and a baby"s reaction to events can be determined by parent"s facial expressions. Facial expressions are influenced by culture: canadians can usually identify the emotion displayed by a facial expression by someone from another culture, but not always and some emotions are harder to read than others.