PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Affective Forecasting, Psych, Achievement Orientation
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Emotions comprise powerful and important feedback system. Affect-as-information hypothesis: if i feel good about something, it must be good. Affective forecasting: when we try to predict how we might feel in the future as a result of some behavior. Risk-as-feelings hypothesis: people rely on emotional processes to evaluate risk. Result: judgments may be biased by emotional factor. Drawbacks: less logical, poorer short-term memory, and more. Positive moods lead to preferences for healthy food. Negative moods lead to preferences for unhealthy food. People who feel bad often eat badly. You want to feel better and eating is a strategy for feeling. Develop sense of identity and goal orientation. People in many different cultures can identify the facial expression associated with these emotions. Studies show that men are slightly more emotional. Women are more willing to report emotions. Yerkes-dodson law: proposition that some arousal is better than none. Emotional intelligence: ability to perceive, access and generate, understand, and reflectively regulate emotions.
