PSYC121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Emotions, Neuropsychology, Hypothalamus
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Emotion - emotion is an evaluative response that typically includes physiological arousal, subjective experience, and behavioural or emotional expression. Emotion defining attributes such as facial expressions, and specific physiological patterns are absent. Moods, unlike emotion do not involve relationships with a particular object. Affect - difficult to define, ofte(cid:374) used sy(cid:374)o(cid:374)y(cid:373)ously (cid:449)ith (cid:862)e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)(cid:863). It is esse(cid:374)tially a su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e feeling that can be pleasant or unpleasant. Research generally groups emotions together to reflect (cid:862)positi(cid:448)e affe(cid:272)t(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:374)egati(cid:448)e affe(cid:272)t(cid:863) Subjective experience of emotion - what a particular emotion feels like to an individual. Emotional regulation - efforts to control emotional states. Aroused - the state of being physiologically alert and attentive. Appraisal - the act of assessing something or someone. Positive affect - a general category of emotions related feeling good. Negative affect - a general category of emotions related to feeling bad. Cognition - the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
