PSYCH 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Mental Model, Active Child, Hairstyle
21 Apr 2016
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Why have emotions: motivate action, promote survival. Without emotions we wouldn"t be able to act (some have argued) Negative emotions help you avoid harmful things. Expressions presumed to be a window to underlying emotions. Cross cultural studies: early theory, later theory: Studies in papa new guinea: since: Point to the face that matches the emotions expressed in story . Show me what your face would look like when . Many arguments for universality (blind judo wrestlers masking defeat) Focusing on facial expression may overestimate infant"s emotional lives: modern views of emotion: Each emotion associated with specific sets of bodily and facial reactions. Emotions are distinct even in early life. Environment plays role in changing primitive emotions into more complex forms: ex: wariness/fear starts as startled/pain reaction. Distress sadness, disgust: anger, fear. Some emotions are best characterized by their functional context (asking what is the purpose of the given positive/negative emotion?: positive emotions:
