PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Facial Expression, Body Language, Attachment Theory
1 Jun 2020
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Individuals have different (positive/negative) feelings on same stimulus. Neural and physiological responses: body reacts to emotion (hear rate, breath, hormone levels) Desire to take actions (movement: positive approach, negative escape. Motivate action: emotional response (anxiety) with exam, motivates: studying for exam earlier/longer to reduce anxiety. Survive thrive and avoid danger: evolutionary perspective: adaptive role, emotions make us hyper aware so we can react faster, take action to maximize survival. Allows us to understand others+ others understand us: social interaction, communicate effectively in a variety of social situations, clues to how we are feeling (emotional expression, body language facial expression. Set of abilities that are key to competent social functioning. Identify/understand own and others feelings: motivate oneself and persist in frustration, control impulses/delay gratification, regulates moods, regulate expression of emotions in social interactions, empathize with others emotions. Joy, distress, anger, surprise, disgust, sadness, fear, interest.
