PSY 3135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Xylophone, Buzzword
22 Oct 2016
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Class discussion: norms around affection (some cultures may express love more explicitly than others) emotions, sharing information about one"s life, body proximity, eye contact, giving food, greetings: e. g. kissing on each cheek (many european countries) Complicated history: prosocial action, form of understanding. Empathy task (video): comforting behaviours: kisses, hugs, can be used with children with autism, other cues that mom was hurt: stopped playing xylophone, interaction stopped (empathy brings interaction back), hearing ow . Same or similar feeling: a. smith fellow-feeling with any passion whatever, n. eisenberg emotional reaction elicited by and congruent with another"s emotional state or condition. Infectious laughter: p. hastings the recognition and sharing of another"s emotional state. F. de vignemont empathy may stipulate recognition of similarity. Moral empathy: mirror/reconstructive empathy somehow leads to morality. How similar does my emotion need to be: mixed emotions (e. g. you are sad and worried, shared valence (e. g. just negative" ok?)
