PSY 308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Negative Affectivity, Heritability, Negativity Bias

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 308
• Professor: Dare Baldwin

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Emotions: transient states that correspond to physiological and cognitive processes associated with distinct internal sensation or feelings. Physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components of emotions can take several forms. Used infants" facial expressions to infer emotional states. Emotional displays may include body posture and vocalizations. Researchers have developed coding systems for scoring different expressions and assigning them to categories of emotions. Infants" emotions appear to show a general pattern of differentiation that progresses from birth onward. Researchers disagree about extent to which newborns display particular emotion. Infants emotional communications are shaped through development as their expressive skills and their needs become more refined. Functionalist approach: ways to mobilize ourselves to take action toward a goal stresses function of emotional response. Each emotion serves clear functions, both for internal regulation and for regulating and managing social situations. Emotions help us signal information to others. Enable infants to achieve goals otherwise unattainable given limited physical abilities and restricted mobility.