PSYC 2606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Social Cognition, Duration Neglect, Display Rules
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Social psych exam 3 - chapters 3, 6, & 10. Emotion: a brief, specific response, both psychological and physiological, that helps people meet goals, many of which are social. Appraisal process: a component of emotion; patterns of construal for evaluating events and objects in the environment based on their relation to current goals. The monkey to the left shows a classic threat display, signaling aggressive intentions. The women to the right shows a similar pattern of expressive behavior, signaling anger at the injustice she is protesting. Looki(cid:374)g (cid:271)a(cid:272)k e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s are (cid:271)rief, spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272), (cid:373)ultidi(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)al e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es that help people meet their (often social) goals. Emotions involve five components: the appraisal process, physiological responses, expressive behavior, subjective feelings, and action tendencies. Emotions guide our behavior and lead to action, enabling us to respond to the threats and opportunities we perceive in the environment. Darwin believed animals signal their intentions through emotional displays. Darwin studied emotional expressions in humans and nonhuman species.