PSYC18H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7.docx
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Split brain procedure patient shown frightening film to left visual field- not conscious seeing the film but feel fear (gazzaniga) Primary appraisal: conscious and automatic, reflex (example above) Secondary appraisal: potentially conscious, thought-like, specific emotions. For events to prompt emotions, must be evaluated or appraised in relation to individual"s goals. Concept of evaluation of events to one"s purposes goes back to aristotle. Epicurus and chrysippus how damaging effects emotions avoided to having good life. Influence on western thought first thoroughgoing western emotion researchers. Chrysippus distinguished btw first movements of emotions (automatic) and second movements (mental, judgment and decision) One cannot avoid first movements made by body. Second movements of bad emotions i. e. angry revenge, greed later became christian seven deadly sins. Later became framework for primary and secondary appraisal. Gasson reintroduced idea of emotion as evaluation/ appraisal. Richard lazarus spend career studying stress (personal challenges exceed individual capacities and resources) different kinds of stress accounted for emotion.
