Psychology 3720F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Eval

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3720F/G
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Part 1: why does negative affect lead to aggression: negative affect is a form of physiological arousal that energizes aggressive behavior. Derived from the yerkes dodson law: physioloigcal arousal facilitates (energizes) the. Dominant response (the response thats most likely to occur in a particular situation) If aggression is the dominant response, then physiological arousal will energize this response. Common sense suggests that: see bear, become afraid (emotional response) and then we run(body responds); emotional response comes first followed by a body response: the james/lange theory of emotion: According to this theory: see bear, body reacts first (run); only then do we experience an emotion (fear) Basic idea: emotions stem directly from our perception of changes in body responses (physiological or overt behavior) Question: which particular emotion will we experience when we perceive a change in our body responses (why fear rather than love?) Answer: each emotion has its own unique pattern of body responses (or physiological arousal)