PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Facial Action Coding System, Paul Ekman, Facial Expression
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How can we simplify them: basic vs. complex emotions. How can we measure emotions: demonstration. Series of reactions evoked from observing a stimulus and assessing how it relates to you. Emotions arise from evaluations of a stimulus against our concerns: emotions are personally-relevant. Example: taking a cookie from another person: younger child. Physiological change: increase in heart rate, increase in serotonin. Cognition/perception: evaluates taking cookie as unfair and wrong. Physiological change: increase in heart rate, amygdala activity. Motor expression: facial expression of concern, droop shoulders. Emotions require some form of cognition to be activated: cognitions can be conscious or unconscious. What is the difference between emotions and cognitions: carrol izard, simply put. Motivational importance: david hume (1711-1776, reason alone cannot move us to do anything. Individual: facilitate responding to environment, action tendencies (eg. fight or flight while feeling fear) Social: communicate one"s emotions facilitating social coordination (eg. cooperation) Basic emotions: innate, universal emotions: paul ekman.
