PSYCH 314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Controllability, Collectivism, Emotional Contagion

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 314
• Professor: Wells Garyand Robert Hessling

Document Summary

Psych 314 review guide reeves (2015) chapter 13 aspects of emotion. Material in the notes and book: the james-lange theory of emotion. Pe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) o(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)s (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e a(cid:449)a(cid:396)e of ou(cid:396) (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g patte(cid:396)(cid:374) of ph(cid:455)siologi(cid:272)al arousal. Awareness of feeling the arousal is the emotion. Assumes that each specific affective feeling has a unique profile of aroused physiological responses associated with it. Ph(cid:455)siologi(cid:272)al a(cid:396)ousal is o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)is(cid:373)"s p(cid:396)epa(cid:396)ed(cid:374)ess fo(cid:396) e(cid:373)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se of fight o(cid:396) flight. Dis(cid:272)(cid:396)ete e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s prepare organism for specific emergency responses. Arousal and cognitive interpretation occur simultaneously serves to mobilize the organism for action, emergency response: two-factor theory of emotion. Arousal functions to focus attention on the environmental, analyze its meaning and respond quickly. Excitation transfer is a phenomenon in which arousal induced from one source influences emotional experience and behavior induced from another source: schechter & singer (1962): what they did. Told participant that it would arouse, calm or no affect.