PSYCH 3325 Lecture 8: Social Psych 2:13

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3325
• Professor: Ian Roberts

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Emotion: james-lange hypothesis: it had been assumed that feeling an emotion causes our bodily & physiological responses. We (cid:396)u(cid:374) (cid:271)/(cid:272) (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e s(cid:272)a(cid:396)ed: william james (1884) said this was wrong and it was the opposite; physiological responses are central to emotions. We are scared b/c we are running: ca(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:374)"s (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue: Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se patte(cid:396)(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t e(cid:374)ough a(cid:272)(cid:396)oss emotions. Visceral responses are too slow: there are counter-a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts to ca(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:374)"s (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue as (cid:449)ell, basic emotion theories: there are a set # of universal & distinct emotions. Universal meaning everyone has the same set of basic emotions. Distinct meaning emotions are physiologically separable different patterns of physiological responses and distinct neural areas: ek(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s 6 (cid:271)asi(cid:272) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise. *anything else is considered either a combination of the basic emotions or a (cid:862)se(cid:272)o(cid:374)da(cid:396)(cid:455) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374). (cid:863: appraisal/constructionist theories: There are technically an infinite number of emotions but we simplify and categorize our experiences.