PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Silvan Tomkins, Facial Feedback Hypothesis
12 Jul 2018
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William james (1884) made counterintuitive argument that the situation is just the opposite for: common sense suggests that our bodies respond to emotions. Asserted that a person"s interpretation of physical changes leads that person to feel an. We feel sorry b/c we cry, strike, or tremble [it is" not that we cry, strike, or tremble b/c emotion we are sorry, angry, or fearful . Physical changes occur in distinct patterns that translate directly into specific emotions. Similar time, carl lange (psychologist and physician) came up with a similar theory. The theory : we perceive specific patterns of bodily responses. As a result of that perception we feel emotion. Seeing a bear causes your heart to race, and you perceive your racing heart as fear. Studies using brain imaging have found that different primary emotions produce diff patterns of brain activation. These results have suggested that diff experience that generate emotion are associated with diff physiological reactions.
