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EMOTION ATS1262
Emotion and Affect
Question | Answer |
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EMOTION | conscious state that includes an evaluative reaction to some event” |
COMMON SENSE THEORY | Stimulus--> Conscious Experience-->Physiological arousal |
JAMES-LANGE THEORY | Stimulus-->Physiological Arousal-->Conscious Experience |
FACIAL FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS RELATED STUDY | Strack et al. (1988) ◦ Participants watching cartoons ◦ Pen between teeth (smile) or between lips (frown) |
FACIAL FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS | Strong version: expressions cause emotions (most studies – weak effect) Weaker version: expressions modify the intensity of emotion |
CANNON-BARD THEORY | Stimulus--> Conscious Experience and Physiological Arousal (same time) |
SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY (COGNITIVE LABELLING THEORY) | Stimulus-->Physiological arousal + Cognitive label--> Conscious experience |
MISATTRIBUTION OF AROUSAL IN ATTRACTION RELATED STUDY | Suspension Bridge study (Dutton and Aron 1974) ◦ Men interviewed by attractive woman ◦ standing on either a high or a low suspension bridge |
MISATTRIBUTION OF AROUSAL IN ATTRACTION RELATED STUDY CONTD. | Result: men on the high bridge had greater attraction than those on the low bridge or when interviewer was male Conclusion: Love is basically a state of physiological arousal that you label as ‘love’. |
CHANGING NEGATIVE AROUSAL INTO POSITIVE EMOTIONS | The bridge study suggests that people can transfer fear into love This is the only study that provides such evidence |
WHAT DOES THE LOWER BRAIN DO? | All vertebrates have it Emotions are produced here. |
WHAT DOES THE CORTEX DO? | Most mammals have it and it varies in size. It is where the analysis of emotion occurs. |
AFFECTIVE DRIVES | Occur in lower brain Drivers of emotional behaviour Humans and other mammals Also may be in birds and reptiles, but there is less research |