PSYC 3450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Twin, Regulate (Song), Longitudinal Study

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Changing in heart rate, skin response, brain wave activity) Cognitions that elicit or accompany feelings & physiological changes. A theory of emotions that specifying that specific emotions are biologically programmed, accompanied by distinct sets of bodily and facial cues, and discriminate from early in life. Charles darwin proposed back in 1872 that most basic emotions that human display are products of our evolutionary history that have some adaptive value. Modern proponents of discrete emotions theory continue to argue that many basic emotions are inborn products of our evolutionary history. Each discrete emotions like sadness vs anger, has its own particular set of facial and body reactions. Believe that newborns and very young infants do not display discrete emotions. Their emotional lives consist of global experiences of either positivity (excitement) or negativity (distress) Propose that the most basic purpose of emotion is to influence behavior and promote some action toward achieving a goal.

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