PSC 154 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emotional Labor, Classical Conditioning, Ecological Validity
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Main emotions: anger, disgust, happiness, sadness, fear, shame, contempt, embarrassment, love, pride. Mood: mood is binary (positive or negative); long-lasting; general, emotion is quick, strong; specific, specific emotions differentiated from generic mood because they improved ability to cope with specific kinds of threats and opportunities. Functions of emotions: emotions exist because they increase fitness, ex: fear avoidance, calling for help, escape from danger, one emotion has many functions, and any given function is served by many emotions. Emotions are adaptive: understanding others" emotions is adaptive, both the expresser and observer benefit from rapidly communicated nonverbal sign of danger, ability to anticipate is adaptive, classical conditioning; fear can be conditioned more easily and extinguished less easily. Introduction: emotions serve as important functions, especially in social lives, not always rational. First ideas: locally rational, source of our values, deeply social. Some conceptions: three facets, behavioral, physiological, experiential. Lectures 3, 4, 5, and beginning of 6.
