PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Facial Action Coding System, Simon Baron-Cohen, Facial Feedback Hypothesis
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Affective science: basic emotions theory vs appraisal emotions theory. How do cultures vary in these ways: expression of emotions, perception of emotions, conceptualization of emotion, what elicits emotions, experience emotions emotion is something we think we understand because we experience it on a daily basis. As humans we are emotional beings and we all experience it on different levels. Emotion is a complex idea that unfolds across time, occur subconsciously or unfold across different time periods whether it be seconds or days. Emotion can mean a number of things and since we are complex creatures, depending on our cultural nature, how we think about and perceive emotions will vary based on the culture we grew up in. Natural selection happens when: within species compete, within species differences, phenotype tied to genotype. **we are in the driver seat of our evolutionary change but our brains are still in the past.
