PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Tachycardia

• School: Pace University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Sporin

Document Summary

Feelings that generally have both physiological & cognitive elements & that influence behavior: increased heart rate. We experience a feeling that we can differentiate from other emotions. It"s likely we also experience some identifiable physical changes in our: understanding & evaluation of the meaning of what"s happening prompts. It"s possible to experience emotions w/out presence of cognitive. Emotion probably encompasses cognitive elements. bodies. our feelings. elements. Some theorists suggest that we first respond to situation w/ emotional reaction & later try to understand it: functions of emotions: Psychologists have identified several important functions that emotions play in our daily lives: some of them include, preparing us for action, emotions act as a link between events in environment & out responses. Ex: seeing an angry dog & running from it. Activating fight/flight response: shaping future behavior, emotions promote learning that will help us make appropriate responses in the future.