PSYD15H3 Lecture : PSYD15 Lecture one
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Psyd15: lecture 1 what is an emotion: need to quantify it? what comes first; biological. 3 measurable components of emotional experience: what we can measure. Behavioural tendency. - sometimes have a behavioural tendency, not always do them. number of ways to measure different emotions. multi method is the best approach- different measures of the emotions that pain the same picture. Emotions as motivation: serve a purpose to us- act a certain way. valence: good - bad more recently appetitive and defensive- want to approach or avoid. anger wants you to approach. arousal: high- low. What function does emotions serve: evolutionary account: charles darwin. emotions mobilize use to act. emotions for decision making. 4 families of moral emotions other condemning (anger) self conscious (guilt) other suffering (empathy) other prising (awe) prescriptive vs proscriptive morality pre- what one should do to be a good person.
