PS102 Lecture Notes - Electrodermal Activity, Facial Expression, Mirror Neuron
Document Summary
Physiological changes in the face, brain, and body. Cognitive processes such as interpretation of events. Cultural influences that shape he experience and expression of emotion. Emotions considered to be universal and biologically based. Generally include fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, pride, and contempt. Emotions that develop with cognitive maturity and vary across individuals and cultures. Evolutionary explanations say that emotions are hard wired and have survival functions. Evidence for the universality of 7 facial expression of emotions anger, happiness, fear, surprise, disgust, sadness, and contempt. Genuine vs. fake emotions can be distinguished. Some emotions are more common in some cultures than others. Anger is not tolerated in the inuit, threatens communities. Most primary emotion in one remote area is the sadness when a loved one isn"t nearby. Facial expressions reflect our internal feelings, but can also influence them. Facial feedback: the process by which the facial muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed.
