PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mesopotamia, Mood Disorder, Social Emotions
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Week 1 lecture #1: thursday may 05, 2016. Exercise looking at diff pics and seeing what emotions come up. Some are not apparent, so have a backstory helps. Motivate us and influence our perception and judgment. How the concept of emotions conceptualize throughout history. How did emotions evolve and why do we have emotions. If they do, then it"s a clue that emotions do evolve as well. How do we label and interpret our emotions. How does the body influence the perception of emotions. Are they informed by the culture you"re brought up in. Development of these disorders and how to treat them. 1570s france esmotion = to set in motion, move the feelings. Not thought of sth as active, more passive. Happy, anger, worry, anxiety, sad, fear, terror --> can influence the balance of chi in the body (5th-3rd century bce: qi = surge, swash. Energy or life force flowing through the body.
