PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stroop Effect, Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Negative Affectivity
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Not a feeling (subjective representation, private), not a mood (diffuse affective states that last longer than emotions, usually less intense), not an affect (encompassing term to describe emotions, feelings and moods altogether) Distinct subjective feeling or affect - fear, anger, etc Bodily changes/symptoms - nervous system triggers a physiological response (e. g. shaking, sweating, inc heart rate and breathing) Action tendencies - inc probability of certain behaviors (e. g. running away, fighting back) Functional approach: emotions are argued to have evolve in order to aid our survival. Prepare us to respond appropriately to a situation (action tendency) Categorical approach: set number of discrete emotions that underlie all emotional experience of people (primary emotions) Dimensional approach: emotions may not fall into distinct groups, but may be made up of different degrees of the same components. Content: the what of emotional life. High affect intensity/variability: experience emotion strongly, emotionally reactive and variable (associated with both high neuroticism and high extraversion)
