PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Ideo, Leat, Stim
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U everyone knows what an emotion is until asked to give a definition. : a feeling or state that is not clearly linked to some event. : the automatic response that something is good or bad. U bodily processes come first and the mind"s perception of these bodily reactions then creates the subjective feeling of emotion. U emotional stimuli activate the thalamus, which activates the cortex (producing an experienced emotion) and the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system (producing physiological arousal). U emotion has 2 components: a bodily state of arousal, and a cognitive label that specifies the emotion. U feedback from the face muscles evokes or magnifies emotions. U six basic emotions can be reliably distinguished from facial expressions. V of 558 emotion words, 62% were for bad emotions. V for emotional personality traits, there were 74% bad ones. V cross-culturally, bad emotions come to mind more easily.
