PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Cortisol, Ultimate Attribution Error, Stereotype Threat
Document Summary
A brief psychological and physiological response to an event that is felt subjectively and prepares person for action. Any emotion lasting over 4 minutes is not an emotion. Heuristic : fast processing (short cuts) we make decisions based on it (see snake run) Classes of emotions (6 basic emotions): fear, anger, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise. Positive emotion: gratitude (most studied), contentment, amusement, desire, love (contested) Self conscious: pride, shame (you are target), guilt (someone is target), embarrassment. Measuring emotions: electromyography (emg): captures subtle facial movement, best used for situations where facial movement is not visually detectable, obtrusive measurement technique. Facial action coding system: codes overt facial expressions, numbers all facial muscle actions, classifies as emotions as patterns of muscle actions that occur together. Emotions in peripheral nervous system: sympathetic + parasympathetic nervous system (e. g. heart rate, skin conductance, finger temperature) Central nervous system: limbic system, amygdale (fear + anger), hippocampus (laughter), every other emotion frontal cortex.
