PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Chlordiazepoxide, Antidepressant, Fluoxetine
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Emotional states = emotions (physiological changes in body) and feelings (cognitive experience of emotions) Charles darwin"s the expression of the emotions in man and animals suggested emotions occur innately and not learnt. Theorized it is similar in nonhuman animals and is adaptive: but he didn"t perform cross-cultural observations and didn"t suggest it was localized in brain. Found they were accurate in matching faces with stories and attributing emotional states to expressions in photographs. But can"t agree on which emotions are basic. Researchers suggest happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust. There might be additional basic emotiona states awe, contempt, emabarssment, excitement, guilt, interest, shame and surprise. Difficuly attirbtuing emotional states to nonverbal individuals like other primates and babies. Phobias and fears elicited by stimuli relevant to survival. Social anxiety adaptive because there"s desire to be liked by other members of group. Because it"s not adaptive to signal to people.
