PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Cultural Universal, The Strongest, Amay
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Strong argument for both cases that emotions are experienced identically around the world and that cultural experiences determine the kinds of emotions one has. Emotions are a central and focal part of our subjective worlds, but describing what they are is not all straight forward. James-lange theory of emotions: jour bodies respond to stimuli in the world by preparing us to react in a survival-facilitating way, and our emotions are our bodily changes that signal how we should behave. Heart pounding fear when hiking or falling in love on a steamy dat. A study that separated participants" interpretations from the source of their arousal: euphoria & anger (insulting) condition, second factor. Epinephrine-informed condition epinephrine (sns) little. Epinephrine-uninformed condition epinephrine much emotion emotion. Epinephrine -misinformed condition effect of decreasing arousal most emotion. Emotions in the study was measured both by having participants indicate their feelings on a questionnaire and by having hidden observers note the facial expression the participants were making.
