PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Amygdala, Cockroach, James W. Pennebaker
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Primary appraisals, good and bad: zajonc proposed that we process stimuli through several different systems. Secondary appraisal: corresponds to what chrysippus called the. Provide more deliberative, conscious, complex assessments to decide what to think and what to do about it: one system provides an immediate, unconscious evaluation of whether the stimuli is good or bad. It is an automatic emotional reaction to events and objects in the environment which motivates rapid approach or avoidance responses: corresponds to what chrysippus called the. System that makes these appraisals involve the amygdala. Suggests that there is a primary appraisal process that is fast, automatic and occurs outside conscious awareness (a. k. a. our gut feeling of good or bad) Which is stronger, the good or the bad: reviews by caciopp & gardner, baumeister et al. and rozin & royman suggests that the bad is stronger, negative evaluations are more potent that positive ones.
