PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Labeling Theory, Paralanguage, Zygomaticus Major Muscle
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Cannon-bard: emotion and response don"t influence one another, happen independently. If stooge was happy then they would interpret physiological change as happiness: context is important in what emotion one experiences. In high arousal conditions, when given their heart rate as real fast, ate lot of cashews. Discrete/ categorical emotion theories: universal facial expressions (ekman"s faces, at first there were 6 basic emotions, but contempt and embarrassment were added as well later on. Facial expression is paralinguistic - an accessory to communication: non-verbal cues, problems with email, sex differences (men - more pronounced expression of pride. Interaction between biology and culture: insight from blind and sighted athletes. Looked at athletes that were blind: blind people exhibit the same position (arms lifted, chest puffed) and intensity as non-blind athletes, same thing for shame, however, north americans exhibit more shame emotions and dwelled on it more than. Non-westerners: this was not true for blind people though only for sighted people.
