PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Body Language, Cerebral Cortex, Carroll Izard
2 Nov 2016
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Humans have superior intellect, cognitive abilities, abilities to formulate plans to satisfy our desires, and are intensely emotional creatures. Complex emotional experience (how we feel) and complex emotional expression (how we communicate those feelings both verbally and nonverbally) A construct that is difficult to define. Some emotions are universal whereas others are culture-specific. Some emotions are intense while others are mild. Some emotions are pleasant whereas others are unpleasant. Some emotions motivate us to take actions whereas others don"t. When we experience an emotion, it does something inside of us (changes the body at a physiological level) Expressive behavior in the face and body. When we experience different emotions, we convey those emotions by our face and body. We try to make sense of the emotional experiences that we have. In a common sense way, most of us would agree that emotional experience precedes behavioral expression (we feel sad then we cry)
