PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Seven Deadly Sins, Stoicism, Mental Model
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Split brain operation: an operation that separates the left side of the cortex from the right side. Done back in the day in hopes of curing epilepsy. Visual context/communication is impaired: information shown on the right side of the visual field. Iq, language, personality etc. was not damaged crosses over to the other side in the optic nerve and is processed by the hemisphere. Appraisal: an evaluative process that evaluate and assign value to events: the process is automatic, does not need language, primary appraisal: automatic, secondary appraisal: emotions directed to objects and people and can often be described in words. The concept of evaluating events due to a person"s own concerns goes back to aristotle. Stoic and chryssipus first to distinguish that emotions are automatic, and movements are mental which involve judgment and decision. The idea of second movements (like angry revenge, greedy selfishness) were translated by the.
