Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Birth Weight
28 Aug 2018
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The conscious experience of emotion results from one"s perception of autonomic arousal. Perception of visceral arousal leads to the conscious experience of fear. Different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions. Physiological arousal may occur without the experience of emotion. Visceral changes are too slow to precede the conscious experience of emotion. Emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex (creating the conscious experience of emotion) and to the autonomic nervous system (creating visceral arousal) People look at situation cues to differentiate between alternative emotions. Experience of emotion depends on 1)autonomic arousal and 2) cognitive interpretation of that arousal) People look to external rather than internal cues to differentiate and label their specific emotions. Darin believed that emotions developed because of their adaptive value. Human emotion is a product of evolution. Emotions are largely innate reactions to certain stimuli.
