PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Duration Neglect, Rhesus Macaque, Blood Transfusion
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What is an emotion: brief, specific response to goal-relevant events. Physiological and psychological: emotions are brief. Lasting for only seconds or minutes: emotions are specific. For instance, being afraid of a bear or being angry at an insult: emotions are motivational states. Emotions motivate behavior: emotions motivate behavior to achieve goals. Goals related to survival and social functioning. For instance, fear motivates escape from threats, anger motivates correcting an injustice, guilt motivates making amends for wrongdoings: emotions have psychological effects that drive behavior. For instance, strong urges to run, hide, or fight: emotions have physiological effects that help the body achieve those goals. For instance, fight or flight responses that increase heart rate, respiration, and blood flow to muscles. Components of emotions: physiological state, psychological state ( appraisals , facial expression (sometimes) The glands, organs, and blood vessels controlled by the brain and spinal cord that regulate the bodily responses to the environment.
