PSY-0001 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Textbook Notes
2 Nov 2016
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Emotion immediate, specific negative or positive response to environmental events or. Moods diffuse, long-lasting emotional states that do not have an identifiable object or trigger. Primary emotions emotions that are innate, evolutionarily adaptive, and universal (shared across cultures: anger, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise, contempt. Secondary emotions blends of primary emotions: remorse, guilt, submission, shame, bitterness, love, jealousy. Circumplex model model of categorizing emotions where the emotions are plotted along two continuums: valence (how negative or positive they are) and arousal (how arousing they are) Arousal generic term used to describe physiological activation (increased brain activity) or increased autonomic response (quickened heart rate, sweating, muscle tension) Some emotions seem to contradict this model e. g. , feeling bittersweet when remembering good times with someone who has died: neurochemical evidence supports the idea that positive and negative affect are independent. Positive activation states are associated with an increase of dopamine. Negative activation states are associated with an increase of norepinephrine.
