PSYC 4750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Mirror Neuron, Hubris, Dennis Amiss

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 4750
• Professor: Mark Fenske

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Table 14. 1 the motivational urge (action tendency) associated with 17 emotions. Fear, anger, disgust, contempt, sadness, joy and interest. Basic emotions are inherent part of everyone emotional repertoire, regardless of age, gender, culture or historical time period. These emotions have clear and identifiable antecedents, and they produce reliable downstream behavioural, cognitive and social effects. Fear arises from a persons interpretation that the situation is dangerous and a threat to ones well being. The most common fear activating situations are those rooted in the anticipation of physical or psychological harm, a vulnerability to danger, or an expectation that ones coping abilities will not be able to match up to forthcoming circumstances. Perception that one can do little to cope with environmental threat is at least as important source of fear as is any actual characteristic of the threatening situation itself. Fear therefore is mostly about a perceived vulnerability.