PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Erving Goffman, Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Stanley Schachter
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Humans are descended from other species observed emotional expressions from nonhuman species + adults humans + infant humans. Realized the importance of cross cultural studies to make general observations. First to set up questionnaires (for missionaries + other people who would observe diff cultures) First to make naturalistic and posed expressions to make scientific points (via photos) How are emotions expressed in humans and other animals? i: where do our emotions come from, concluded they derive largely from habits that had evolutionary usefulness used in modern humans whether useful or not. Tears stream down even when we don"t need lubricant. Emotional expressions = vestigial parts of our bodies. E. g. sneering a vestige of snarling/preparing to bite. Crying a vestige for screaming as an infant. Emotions link us to our past (of our species/our infancy) Case study: katharina panic attacks due to the sexual attempts made by her own father + her later impregnated cousin.
