PS101 Lecture : Chapter 11 Stress.docx
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Interpreted by observers: primary emotions (universal & genetic) 7 primary emotions. Fear, anger, sadness, happiness, surprise, disgust, contempt: secondary emotions (more cultural, less genetic) Aren t necessarily present at birth, variation between cultures. James-lange theory of emotion: experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli. Perception of stimulus physiological response (autonomic arousal) emotion. Ex: sight of oncoming car pounding heart fear. Cannon-bard theory of emotion: emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger: subjective experience of emotion. Arousal and emotion at the same time. Ex: sight of oncoming car pounding heart and fear (simultaneiously) Schachter"s 2 factor theory: to experience emotion one must: cognitively label the arousal. Stimulus arousal & cognitive label ( i m afraid ) emotion. Ex: sight of car heart pounding & i m afraid fear. Across cultures happiness and smiles are some of the easiest to determine: smiles for greetings (just mouth) and smiles for enjoyment (mouth and eyes)