Emotions
Definition
Emotion is a 4 part process ~ Phiciological Arousal, Cognitive Interpretation, Subjective feeling, Behavioural expression
Evolution ~ Survival value, natural selection, vary emotional responsiveness, and not entirely programmed by genetics
Emotion Wheel
Primary Emotions
Secondary Emotion (blend)
Basic Emotions
Distrust
Contempt
Anger
Happiness
Fear
Surprise
Sadness
Neuroscience of Emotion
Unconscious ~ Quick response to cue before consciousness
Conscious ~ Slower generation of emotion
Biological Mechanism
Cerebral Cortex ~ Slow response conscious pathway
Autonomic Nervous System ~ symphatetic nervous system processing negative and positive emotions
Limbic System (amygdala) ~ fear
Theories of Emotion
Cannon-bard ~ perceive stimulus and reaction and emotion stimultaneously
Two-factor Theory ~ Cognitive appraisal, physical arousal and emotion provoking stimulus > forms emotion
James-Lange theory ~ emotion-provoking stimulus produces a physical response, and produce an emotion (sequential)
Misattributon of emotion ~ true source of physiological aroousal is caused by one thing, but you incorrectly credit your arousal to something else
Arousal, Performance, and the Inverted "U"
Inverted "U" function ~ describes the relationship between arousal and performance; both low and high levels of arousal produce lower performance than moderate level
Varies based on difficulty, the higher the difficulty, the higher the moderation of arousal
Emotional-quotient