PSYC 2000 Chapter : Emotion Part 1
Document Summary
Objectives; define emotion, identify the elements of emotion, describe and distinguish theories of emotion, define emotion regulation, identify the elements of emotion regulation. Emotion: emotion: the feeling or aspect of consciousness characterized by, certain physical arousal, certain behavior that reveals the emotion to the outside world, inner awareness of feelings. Elements of emotion: facial expressions can vary across different cultures, seem to be universal, display rules, labeling emotion, interpreting the subjective feeling by giving it a label, influences our awareness of how we are feeling. Facial expressions of emotion: facial expressions appear to be universal. For example, these faces are consistently interpreted as showing (a) anger (b) fear (c) disgust (d) happiness (e) surprise (f) sadness by people of various cultures from all over the world. Although the situations that cause these emotions may differ from cultures to culture, the expression of particular emotions remains strikingly the same.
