PSYC 1150 Chapter 11: 46-115 Notes on Emotion Motivation
22 Nov 2013
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Chapter 11: emotion and motivation (page 456 497) 7?) are cross-culturally universal: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, anger, motivation-structural rules (eugene morton) suggest that certain emotional expressions are products of natural selection, display rules their guideline of how and when to show emotional expressions. Cognitive theories of emotions: emotions are products of thinking what we feel in response to a situation is determined by how we interpret it. Unconscious influences on emotion: facial feedback hypothesis to feel emotions that correspond to your facial features. Intimate distance >0. 5 metre; for hugging and kissing. Myths of positive psychology: the prime determinant of happiness is what happens to us, money makes us happy, happiness declines as we age, happiness and negative emotions lie on opposite ends, people on the west are the happiest. Correlation with happiness: marriage, postsecondary education, religion, political affiliation, friendships, exercise, gratitude, flow. Triangular theory of love: 3 major elements.
