PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Anxiety Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex, Glass Ceiling
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Slide 3 put on a happy face. Slide 4 the face is the place for emotion. Body language is important, but it is not what causes the emotion. Ekman and friesen (1960s): also emphasized the face as being central to emotion. The face is important, but it does not cause emotions, it is important for the expression of how we feel. Because it has a high sending capacity, facilitated by 2 things: high sending capacity it is able to send a lot of information to other parts of the body. Facilitated by how the face is structured: 1. Each zone functions independently, they can send different emotional: 2. Information can be transmitted very quickly because facial expression of emotion can show micromomentary affect display you may not notice it at the time, but it is there. Schachter & wheeler (1962: male subjects viewed slapstick film, subjects received an injection before the film, epinephrine, chlorpromazine or placebo condition.
