PSYC-1000 Lecture 38: PSYCHOLOGY - MODULE 38
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An event is processed and interpreted by the brain so as to affect three systems: arousal, cognitive appraisal, expressive behaviour. Do the genders differ in their ability to communicate. Women: tend to read (de-code) emotional cues more easily than men, and to be. Road rage -- "crazy driver" or "they might be in trouble" The source of our arousal more empathetic (emotionally responsive: females express more emotion with their faces than men, consequently, people tend to attribute female emotionality to disposition and male emotionality to circumstances. Gender and expressiveness: actual self-reported feelings, male and female film viewers did not differ dramatically in self-reported emotions or physiological responses, however, the women"s faces showed much more emotion. Upside down: our normally excellent face-processing skills is rendered inoperative both in, recognition-perception, emotion decoding. An evolutionary theory of the origins of emotional. Facial expressions: people blind from birth show the same facial expressions as sighted people.