PSY331H1 Lecture 1: Social Psychologists & Emotions
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Creatures of logic vs. creatures of emotion : thoughts can be a reflection of ourselves, without feelings, it will be hard to make good decisions, without emotions, we tend to make bad decisions, i. e. walking down a dark alley; if we don"t feel fear, we would just walk down the dark alley without thinking. Difficulty of studying emotions: never observe emotions, only infer them, we expect others to feel by looking at their reaction, or looking at their physiological reactions, etc, we are always inferring what we observe in others, we are inferring others" behaviour for how emotions are manifesting in them.
