PSYC 3350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psych
Emotions – Chapter 14 summary
Emotions
- Transient states that occur in response to changes that matter to us and involve
o Neurophysiological activation
o Conscious (subjective) experience
o Expressive behaviours
Psych → functional approaches to emotions
o intra-person functions
▪ Tell us something important about the emotion eliciting stimulus; person
object or event
▪ Help prepare bodies for action
o Interpersonal functions
▪ Provide essential info about our social world that allows us to navigate it
Culture and emotions
- All humans in all cultures have emotions
- Emotion will have both universal and variable components
- Universals:
o Physiological response, facial expression
- Variables:
o Cognitive appraisal, subjective experience
James-Lange theory of emotions
Stimulus/situation → physiological response → subjective emotion
- Emotions are our interpretations of physiological responses
- Interpretation is often ready-made for use
- Same response can give diff interpretation and therefore diff subjective emotion
Two factor theory of emotions focuses on interpretation of the cause
- Culture is essential
- Norms are key for people to interpret events to determine what kind of emotion they
are feeling
- Predicts that emotions should vary across cultures bc culture may lead to diff
interpretations of physiological responses
Sensations / emotions = same among cultures
Interpretations of sensations = variable among cultures
Facial expressions
- 6 basic emotions are reproduced and recognized for all humans
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Document Summary
Transient states that occur in response to changes that matter to us and involve: neurophysiological activation, conscious (subjective) experience, expressive behaviours. Psych functional approaches to emotions intra-person functions: tell us something important about the emotion eliciting stimulus; person object or event, help prepare bodies for action. Interpersonal functions: provide essential info about our social world that allows us to navigate it. All humans in all cultures have emotions. Emotion will have both universal and variable components. Emotions are our interpretations of physiological responses. Same response can give diff interpretation and therefore diff subjective emotion. Two factor theory of emotions focuses on interpretation of the cause. Norms are key for people to interpret events to determine what kind of emotion they are feeling. Predicts that emotions should vary across cultures bc culture may lead to diff interpretations of physiological responses. 6 basic emotions are reproduced and recognized for all humans.