PSYC 4750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Carroll Izard, Minuet, Enculturation
4 Mar 2018
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Energy-mobilizing response systems that prepare the body for adapting to whatever situation one faces. They exist as subjective, biological, purposive and expressive phenomena. In part, they are feeling states because they lead to feeling a particular way. Also agents of purpose, that generate urges and impulses to action. 4 part character of emotion: each dimension simply emphasizes a different aspect of emotion figure 21. 1. Gives emotion its subjective experience that has both meaning and personal significance. In both intensity and quality emotion is felt and experiences at the subjective or phenomenological level. Includes activation of our neural and biological response systems, including the activity of the brain and endocrine systems; they prepare and regulate the bodys adaptive coping behavior during emotion. Gives emotions its goal-directed character to deeply want to take the action necessary to cope with the circumstances at hand. Generates an impulse to action that explains why people want to do what they do during an emotion.
