PSYC 385 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-15: Collectivism, Sensemaking, Emotional Contagion

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 385
• Professor: Frederick Grouzet

Document Summary

Psyc 385 - part iii: emotions: emotion: a natural instinctive state of mind derived from a speci c, signi cant life event that represent ef cient modes of adaptation to changing environmental demands. Arouses the body, in uence behaviour, & directs speci c courses of action. Are short-lived events, but at the foreground of our consciousness. Produce discrete, universally recognized non-verbal facial expression. Read-out a person"s ever-changing states: mood: a more general general & overall mental state of mind that usually has no clear starting point of formation. In uences cognition & directs what a person thinks about. Long-lived mental events that are experienced all the time, but only occupy the background of consciousness. Biological perspective: emotions emanate from a biological core, & can occur without a prior cognitive event, but they cannot occur without a prior biological event: emphasizes basic emotions (any where from 2-8 of them) Expression is universal & have developed through evolution.