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Emotions, Camilo Moares, Juan Ignacio Sappia, Joaquin Varalla, What are…
Emotions, Camilo Moares, Juan Ignacio Sappia, Joaquin Varalla
Definition: an emotion is a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.
Basic emotions (triggers, consequences, awareness)
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Characteristics: they were suggested by Paul Eckman to be experienced in all human cultures, they are a sort of building blocks which can form more complex emotions and they are encoded through facial expressions.
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Theories of emotions
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Physiological theories
James-Lange Theory
Example: You are walking in the woods and you see a grizzly bear--> your heart begins to race, you shake. The theory proposes that you will realize that you feel frightened. According to this theory of emotion, you are not trembling because you are frightened. Instead, you feel frightened because you are trembling.
Seeing an external stimulus leads to a physiological reaction, emotion reaction is dependent upon how you interpret those physical reactions.
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Cognitive theories
Schachter-singer theory
It suggests that as a result of the physiological arousal, the individual identifies the reason of this to happen and it labels it as an emotion.
Example: you are in an exam, your heart beats start increasing and you start sweating --> you identify the emotion as anxiety
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Emotions vs Moods
Emotions: They are short-lived, but intense. They often have a definable cause
Moods: They are usually much milder than an emotion, but longer-lasting. The cause for them are usually not found
Key elements
Behavioral response
The result of an emotion, sometimes controlled when identifying the emotion, and sometimes automatic as a reaction when not being able to
Physiological response
Emotions cause strong strong physiological reactions: because of body responses caused by the nervous system, for example, the fight or flight reactions when facing a threat. Another physiological response, may be the sweating when being nervous or anxious or the heart palpate with fear.
Subjective experience
Emotions are subjective: you can feel different types of anger, and emotions often mix between each other on different triggers.
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