PSYC 3325 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Positive Illusions, Social Desirability Bias, Ethnic Group
13 May 2019
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Transitory, depend more on the situation than on a specific person. Pattern of emotional reactions that a person consistently experiences across a variety of life situations. Focus on identifying a small number of primary and distinct emotions. Lack of consensus about regarding which emotions are primary. Lack of consensus is attributable to different criteria used for defining an emotion as primary. Based on empirical research rather than theoretical criteria. People rate themselves on a variety of emotions, then the researcher applies statistical techniques to identify dimensions underlying ratings. Consensus among researchers on two basic dimensions: pleasant/unpleasant and high arousal/low arousal. Two-dimensional model suggests every emotion can be described as a combination of pleasantness/unpleasantness and arousal. Content refers to the specific kinds of emotions that a person experiences. Style refers to how emotions are experienced. Content and style have trait-like properties (stable over time and situations, meaningful for making distinctions between people) Interaction of content and style in emotional life.
