PSYC18H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Amygdala, Ultimatum Game, Reciprocal Altruism
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Oatley et al. proposed that emotions involve two different kinds of signaling in the nervous system: one kind occurs automatically and derives from primary appraisal. In evolutionary terms it is old, simple, and carries no specific information about objects in the environment. E. g. , organizational aspect of fear interrupts ongoing action: the second kind of signal derives from secondary appraisal. The information it carries enables us to make mental models of the events and their possible causes and implications. E. g. , informational aspect of fear is about what we"re afraid of. Three perspectives on emotion in cognitive functioning: emotion congruence. Bower argued that moods and emotions are based in associative brain networks. According to bower"s account, we should be better able to learn material that is congruent with our current emotion, because it is integrated into active memory structures and more easily retrieved.
