PSYB32H3 Lecture 7: PSYB20 - Lecture 7 Notes
6 Dec 2013
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Other research: emotion regulation, emotion recognition, and emotion bodily expressions. Facial action coding system (facs; ekman & friesen, 1978). Maximally discriminant facial movement coding system (max; izard, 1979). Facial action units (aus) rated most characteristic of emotion. Discrimination of these emotions have been extensively studied for both adults and young children. Suggest that positive emotions are more reliably discriminated than negative ones. Discrimination of basic emotions at 4 m. Examined 3- to 5-year olds" production and recognition. Basic emotions have dedicated neural circuitry in which a triggering stimulus produces a response. Autonomic nervous system, behavioural tendency, and facial expression. Because internal to person, emotion recognition is automatic for everyone. Because adaptive, emotion recognition is present in everyone. Three categories: conceptual basic level in a conceptual taxonomy, biological evolutionary origin and universal markers, psychological no other component parts exist. Focus on cognitive components appraisals, desires, and intentions they activate.
