PSYC 1032- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 144 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Remember keltner and shiota definition of emotion: external stimulus, integrating physiological, cognitive, phenomelogical, functional. Functions of emotional response: inter vs intra-personal functions. Is it doing something for you or for you in the relationship of some context where it"s affecting other people (group/relationship) Interpersonal: for you, helps you get social support. Emotions can be functional in a variety of ways: 2 important considerations. Cognition makes you a lot more impulsive. Cognition calm and content, better able to make decisions interpersonal. Physiology heart rate isn"t going up, just steady: sad. What makes people happy: happy vs joy. But people usually just use happiness to mean both: causes of happiness. Wealth once you have enough money to meet your basic needs, more money doesn"t increase people"s happiness. And older people on average are happier than younger people. Feel of control over your life: ex: people are unhappy when they are micromanaged at work, importance of expectations hackman.
