PSYC20008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Active Child, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Display Rules

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC20008
• Professor: Dr Abi Brooker

Document Summary

Desire to take action: wants more/ less. 4 types of emotion model: discrete model = emotion is distinct. Everything associated with one emotion is not related to other emotion: what it means to be happy can only mean happy, cannot be angry/sad. Functionalist models = the emotion serves a function. Emotion drive what we want: when we scared we might want to stop or run away, happy we want more. Cognitive models = emotions is a narrative, a series of event that affects what we do. Primary appraisal: what is happening, cognitions, psychological, neural. Secondary appraisal: what can i do about it, cognitions, feelings, desires. Action (target an aim/ consequence: communication (take action, expression feelings. A narrative process, not a singular experience. A sequenced order of internal events informs how we respond to stimuli influences how we communicate with others: dynamic models= opposite od discrete model. There isn"t only one type of happiness.