PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Medieval Warfare, Erving Goffman, Weggis
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The emergence of emotions first language of us all. Sullivan and lewis studied three different kinds of frustration: los of the stimulation (extinction), reduction in contingent stimulation (partial reinforcement and loss of stimulus control (noncontingency) Hiatt et al (1979) found that babies expressed happiness well, fear the least well (stimuli that was supposed to elicit fear elicited other expressions as well0. Formed by interaction among the components and by interaction of babies with other people: theory of dynamic systems is related to chaos theory (counters butterfly effect). A) emotions are based on self-organizing dynamic systems. B) these depend on continuously evolving sequences of action in particular environments, rather than on internal programs. C) categories of emotions are constructed from gradients of timing and intensity of vocal, gestural and other features. According to this proposal: emotions emerge and they derive from interactions of lower-level process that are not themselves emotions. How infants perceive emotions in other people.
