PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Goose Bumps, Facial Expression, Cortisol
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What are emotions: physiological (bodily) arousal, expressive behaviors, part of the definition of emotion, conscious experience (thoughts & feelings) Which of the following may be an emotional response: all of them, release of cortisol, racing heart, facial expression of surprise, laughter, running away from something. Far more evidence supporting this theory in comparison to cannon-bard: our feelings are affected by what our bodies are doing. Cannon-bard theory: emotional stimulus leads to a physiological reaction, body is reacting to our feelings. Two-factor theory: arousal & thinking, then feeling: we interpret (or, label) our arousal by thinking. ("my heart is racing, and there"s a bear in the classroom. I must be afraid. ": stimulus (grizzly bear, body"s response (heart races) or context & interpretation (bears are dangerous!, feeling (fear) Saline injection group and epinephrine injection (informed about effect) slightly changed the emotion because of the situational context.
