PSY324H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Roller Coaster, Opponent Process, Popping
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Materialism is a strong negative predictor of well-being : false. Income does not predict well-being for individuals low in materialism: false. Appraisal theories of emotions: cognition influences emotions (lazarus, same event can elicit different feelings to different people. Thanksgiving with inlaws: emotion response depends on a set of cognitive appraisals. Agency (causal attribution: who caused it. Emotional intensity: people often seek out events that produce intense positive affect, do these experiences increasing well-being, often more intense positive emotions are related to more intense negative emotions. Cognitive amplification and cognitive dampening: diener et al, empathize with positive picture (couple reuniting, be an art critique of a negative picture (dead bodies, emphasize the positive in positive. Results: people weren"t really able to dampen negative stimuli, seems good in theory, but in practice, it"s not easy to replicate. Range frequency theory (diener et al. , 1991: hypothetical happiness ratings for different exam grades, present=one top score of 50, absent=no extreme positive score.
