PSYC 4750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Emotion Recognition, Display Rules
28 Nov 2016
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The valence of the stimulus: stimuli are experiences as negative or unpleasant. People"s relationship to stimulus: psychological interactions with or distance. Emotions are an internal source of motivation that push humans into action towards a specific aim. Emotions unfold from stimulus changes that impact an individual. They serve as adaptations to those changes. Situational definition approach: examines what features of stimulus changes are responsible for emotions. Assumes that emotions are caused by people"s reactions to changing events in their environment but ignores how people might appraise those events. Relies on two factors and as positive or pleasant. from the event. The interaction between valence of a relationship with the stimulus determines the emotion that is experienced. Emotions have evolutionary significance and thus the stimulus changes are assumed to signal important concerns in the lives of people. Emotion-inducing events are often threats to an individual"s welfare. The emotion provides additional information so that the appropriate adaptive response will result.
