PSYC 1010 Lecture 1: Ch. 10- Emotion and Motivation (Detailed)

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

8. 4 the emotional brain: appraisal: evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus, amygdala plays important role in producing emotions (eg. fear), and is critical for making appraisals. Info about stimulus transmitted via 2 routes: (cid:862)fast path(cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863) - pink, (cid:862)slo(cid:449) path(cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863) - green. 8. 7 emotional communication: msgs w/o wrds: emotional expression: observable sign of an emotional state, eg. Smile, nod, wink, etc: emotion can be inferred based on emotional expressions, face communicates emotion the best, 46 unique muscle movements, called action units. 8. 8 communicative expression: universality hypothesis: emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone, 6 basic emotions, anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise, facial feedback hypothesis: emotional expressions can cause the emotional experiences they signify, eg. 8. 9 deceptive expression: display rules: norms for the control of emotional expression, techniques to follow display rules. Anything shorter/longer is likely insincere: temporal patterning: sincere expressions appear and disappear smoothly over a few seconds.