PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Walter Bradford Cannon, Thalamus, Amygdala
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Reflex-like instinctive reaction to a sudden event or even an internal thought. Interrupts whatever thoughts and behaviors were going on prior to their onset. Stop paying attention to other activities/thought processes. Ex. anger for a bad driver expires within 1-2 minutes. Behavioral responses (verbal, physical, facial and/or overt) Selection of emotions displayed similarly through facial responses regardless of culture/ethnic/religious/etc. Humans built innately to pay close attention to facial expression. Blind olympic athlete displays facial expression practically identical to that of athlete with normal visual function. Charles darwin"s the expression of emotion in man and animals (1872) Explained importance of capacity of humans and other animals to recognize friend vs. foe. People with amygdaloid damage do not read facial expressions of emotion. Show no preference between who would you trust? pictures. Moods: prolonged, persistent states of positive affect (good mood) or negative affect (bad mood) Emotions are short-term reactions that sometimes provoke certain moods.
