PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Emotional Expression
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A positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of. Emotional experience differ on two dimensions physiological activity. How positive or negative the experience is. How active or passive the experience is. The theory that a stimulus triggers activity in the body, which in turn produces and emotional experience in the brain. The theory that a stimulus simultaneously triggers activity in the body and emotional experience in the brain. The theory that emotions are based on inferences about the causes of physiological arousal. An evaluation of the emotion relevant aspects of a stimulus. Strategies people use to influence their own emotional experience. Changing one"s emotional experience by changing the way one thinks about the emotion eliciting stimulus. An observation sign of an emotional state. Emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone.