PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Temporal Lobe, Capgras Delusion, Orbicularis Oculi Muscle
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Emotional experiences are difficult to describe, but psychologists have identified their two underlying dimensions: (1) valence: how positive or negative the experience is (2) arousal: how active or passive the experience is. Emotion: a positive/negative experience that"s associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity. The classical theories of emotion: psychologists have spent more than one century trying to understand how emotional experience and physiological activity are related. They are produced by the complex interaction of limbic system and cortical structures. Information about a stimulus is sent simultaneously to the amygdala (which makes a quick appraisal of the stimulus"s goodness or badness) and the cortex (which does a slower and more comprehensive analysis of the stimulus). In some cases, the amygdala will trigger an emotional experience that the cortex later inhibits. The regulation of emotion: emotion regulation: the use of cognitive and behavioural strategies to influence one"s emotional experience (ex.
