[PSYC 3100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (125 pages long)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3100
• Professor: Don Dedrick

Document Summary

From an evolutionary point of view, response to a kind of event impacts fitness. 43: we have time to choose the best response, not just reflex, emotions are adaptive responses to significant events. Relationship between facial expression and emotion: when you bite down on a pencil it makes you smile, things seem funnier, smiling makes you happy. Homology & expression of emotion: all vertebrates have musculature for facial expression. Facs homologous in chimps: chimp expressions don"t cross over well to humans. Not all emotions are basic or innate: guilt, admiration, loneliness, grief, appreciation. The social emotions: emotions involved in social interactions , pride, shame, guilt, humiliation, love, remorse, gratitude, contempt, envy. Development of emotions: sense of self emerges in second half of 2nd year, at age 2 they can be embarrassed without internalizing standards or rules, pride for artwork, etc. partly learned.