PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Emotions, Heart Rate, Facial Feedback Hypothesis
8 Jan 2017
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Emotions: r efer to perturbations of, r esponse patters (sub-serve function, behavioral: muscle response appropriate for a situation (jump, run, facial expression, hormonal: secretion of stress hormones, autonomic: sympathetic activation. Feelings: typical aspect of emotion, negative - anxiety, fear, anger. C ultures differ in display rules: do not influence emotion itself, but instead its overt expression. C ertain components of facial expression allow us to distinguish when someone is showing a genuine emotion: duchenne vs p an am smiles, duchenne: real smiles. S omatic vs autonomic control; control/lack of control over eye muscles. P osit that emotions are products of thinking, rather than the other way around: no discrete emotions; there are as many emotions as there are kinds of thoughts. E arliest theories were j ames-lange and c annon bard theories. E motional stimuli evoke physiological reactions including muscle contraction. S ensory feedback from reactions is perceived by brain to generate feelings.
