PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Sign Language, Display Rules, Mirror Neuron
8 Mar 2016
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Involves subjective conscious experience (cognitive element) accompanied by. 1: bodily arousal (physiological element) and by, characteristic overt expressions (cultural/behavioural component) Emotions are things that happen to us rather than things we will to occur . Verbal reports: both type and intensity of emotion. Brain imaging technology (seeing what parts of the brain are active) Focus on pathology, weakness, suffering and not health, strength, well-being. New field positive psychology tends to focus on what good things are going on in peoples" lives. Complex interconnection between physiological responses and emotional expression. Involved many areas of the brain and hormonal systems. Currently, canadian courts do not allow polygraph results as evidence. Happiness, anger, sadness, fear, surprise, disgust, and contempt. Other emotions just not as reliable (shame, amusement, sympathy, etc. ) Neurons designed to react to observed behaviour. Exactly the same as when doing the same. Seen in babies, primates, and adults (examples from videos) Empathy (when you hear crying you feel like crying)
