PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: List Of Countries By Income Equality, Schadenfreude, Paul Ekman
23 Jan 2016
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What is an emotion: two key perspectives, the james-lange theory of emotions, the two-factor theory of emotions. James-lange theory of emotions: emotions physiological responses to stimuli, products of autonomic nervous system, no physiology=no emotions. Percentage calling up ra: men may have misattributed their arousal from the bridge to an attraction to ra, same physiological arousal can be interpreted to indicate two different emotions (fear or attraction). Cultural variability of emotions: physiological sensations associated with emotions: similarity across cultures. Interpretations of those sensations: more evidence for emotional variability across cultures. Facial expressions of emotions: what expressions correspond with what emotions, darwin facial expressions from other animals seem to parallel those made by humans (i. e. , from victorian england). Participants asked to show imagined expressions to a number of different events. Ekman"s basic emotions which are reflexively reproduced and recognized by all humans: happiness, fear, sadness, surprise, disgust, anger.
