PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Psych, Life Satisfaction
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Reacted to barrage of spam by threatening to kill company employees sending it. Brad turcotte reacted to getting spam in a much different way. Used the emails to write songs and was able to make money. Emotion: conscious evaluative reaction to some event. Mood: feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event. Affect: automatic response that something is good or bad. Conscious emotion: powerful and clearly unified feeling state (e. g. anger or joy) Feedback from face muscles evokes or magnifies emotions. Emotion components: bodily state of arousal and cognitive label specifying the emotion. Emotional stimulus +physiological arousal and cognitive label experienced emotion. Measured by affect balance: frequency of positive minus frequency of negative emotions. Life satisfaction: evaluation one"s life compared to some standard. Exercise and good health might impact longevity. Happy people: more likely to get married and have children. Extremely happy people: actually, less healthy, more rigid, and more prone to overlook danger.
