PSYC 4750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Emotion Classification, Amygdala, Heart Rate
30 Sep 2016
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Chapter 12: nature of emotion six perennial questions. Buddhist thought organizes itself around goal of recognizing lessening and transforming destructive emotions: especially craving contentment , agitation calm, and hatred compassion, west doesthis through medication. Six perennial questions: what is an emotion. Ex when we feel joy its salient so its obvious its joy. But emotions are multidimensional subjective, biological, purposive and expressive phenomena. Biological energy mobilizing response systems preparing body for adaptating to whatever situation. Agents of purpose hunger has purpose that generates urges and ipulse to action. Expressive facial expressions, posture, vocal signs communicated. Hard to give a definition: emotions are short-lived, feeling-puropsive-expressive-bodily responses that help us adapt to the opportunities and challenges we face during important life events, must use more than a sum of its parts definition. Significant life event produces distinct pattern of neural activity generates and coordinates emotional reaction to that event. Diff aspects of experience complement and coordinate with one another.
