PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Phineas Gage, Erving Goffman, Walter Bradford Cannon
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John harlow"s writings about phineas gage: gage"s story shows how the brain relates to emotions and how brain related accidents influence emotions, damasio"s modern. Phineas gage: frontal lobe damage related to relationship abilities: walter cannon: against. James"s theory of emotion; believes that there is no such thing as trepidation. Tania singer: brain activity related to electrical shocks vs. loved one getting the shock (empathy) Hochschild: selves and others: arnold & gasson proposed: emotions are based on appraisals (evaluations) of events; defined an appraisal as: Isen investigated: how happiness is related to people"s perception of the world. That an emotion relates self to an object (positive or negative: own definition of emotion: Felt tendency toward an object judged suitable or away from an object if judged unsuitable. Involves the concept of repulsion and attraction related to positive and negative: are essentially relational, concept of impulsive emotions vs. Emotions of contention : distinctions between present emotions and non-emotions.
