[PSYC 345] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 41 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 345
• Professor: Morgan Bailey

Document Summary

Specific emotions: a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)"s ge(cid:374)der stereot(cid:455)pes of e(cid:373)o. Awe, disgust, distress, embarrassment, fear, guilt, happiness, love, sadness, shame, shyness, surprise, sympathy. The importance of the emotion stereotypes: stereot(cid:455)pes affe(cid:272)t the e(cid:373)o. (cid:449)e see ppl displa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if the(cid:455)"re ide(cid:374)ti(cid:272)al, ca(cid:374) lead us to (cid:373)isper(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e a(cid:374)other"s feeli(cid:374)gs, stereotypes affect how we explain causes of emo. The politics of emotion: stereotypes help preserve org. of social groups. Cult. tells m/f what emo. they may/may not express. Preserving one group as more powerful than the oth. Display rules: cult. rules for which emo. can be expressed/displayed. Acceptable for f to express sympathy but not anger/m to express anger but not fear. Emo. stimulate brain/nerv. system to respond a certain way. Plasticity behav. /exper. can create changes in brain: biological signs. Blood pressure, heart rate, skin conductance, arousal. Measure electrical activity in brain: self-reports. Ppls own internal/subjective exper. of emo: expression. Gender differences in emotional experience & expression: f= more facially expressive than m.