PSYB65H3 Lecture : Chapter 9- Emotion
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Module 9. 1 emotion: plato: thought head was for reason, liver for desire and heart for anger, aristotle: changes in heart temperature were changes in emotional state; passion is instinctive emotion is with intellect too. A definition of emotion: emotional states: the physical sensation of emotion and the cognitive experience or feeling of emotion itself. Emotions: the physiological changes in the body. Both processed in distinct neural circuit which work together. Perceived by monitoring physiological change in bodies and self monitor subjective cognitive states. Emotional states produce internal and external behaviours and can provoke emotional states in others. Has been replicated; babies as young as 4 months appear to evaluate emotional expression of others: basic emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust. Facial expression and physiological state occur together and are hard to separate. Instantaneous onset of both which lasts only for brief duration. Similar expression of emotional states in the related primates.
