PSYC18H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7. Appraisal, Knowledge, and Experience
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Split brain: condition in which the corpus callosum (large bundle of nerve fibers that connects left and right cerebral hemispheres) has been severed in a surgical procedure to alleviate epilepsy. the two hemispheres do not communicate, and each remains ignorant of what the other has seen. the right hemisphere responds more readily to the emotional content of stimuli, whereas the left is more ready to interpret experience in terms of language. Stress has many different types, and each different kind promotes a particular kind of emotion, by means of a specific appraisal process. Lazarus"s appraisal approach to emotion contains two basic themes: first, emotion is a response to evaluative judgments or meaning. second, these judgments are about ongoing relationships with the environment and whether the environment is one of harm or benefit. Stein, trabasso, and liwag"s emotion-related appraisal has three aspects: an event, usually unexpected, is perceived that changes the status of a valued goal.
