PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ifalik, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Nonverbal Communication
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Emotion = psychological state/process that mediates b/w concerns (or goals) and events around world. Sylvan tomkins concern urgency; when emotions give priority to one over others: emotions are locally rational: rationality doesn"t range over all possible considerations help us deal adaptively with concerns specific to current context. Emotions are source of values; what we love, dislike and despise. Emotions based on facial expressions, physiological responses, responses to questions about experience: research now is looking into what"s happening to us individually, and important emotions b/w us and others th cent founders. How emotions expressed in humans and other animals. Our emotions links us to past: past of our species and infancy. Expressions showed continuity of adult human emotions w/ lower animals and with those of infancy: universality of expressions. Emotions have useful functions: helps navigate our social interactions. Argued against commonsense idea that we feel an emotion it impels us in a certain way: idea about nature of emotional experience.
