PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9 -13: Electrodermal Activity, Noxious Stimulus, Sweat Gland
17 Feb 2016
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Theories of emotions and emotional development discrete emotions theory. He suggest that the basic emotions are products of evolutionary history (which these theorists agree with today) Ex. disgust shows that something is wrong, the food may be bad. Each discrete emotion has an associated set of facial reactions. Ex. interest: brows raised; mouth may be rounded; lips may be pursed. Fear: mouth retracted; brows level and drawn up and in; eyelids lifted. Disgust: tongue protruding; upper lip raised; nose wrinkled. Joy: bright eyes; cheeks lifted; mouth forms a smile. Sadness: corners of mouth turned down; inner portion of brows raised. Anger: mouth squared at corners; brows drawn together and pointing down; eyes xed straight ahead. functionalist perspective. The purposed of an emotion is to establish, maintain, or changes ones relationship with the environment to reach goal; emerge with age. Consist mainly of +ve and -ve emotions. Children need to take control of their emotions.
