Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Stationary Bicycle, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Tourangeau & ellsworth: highly aroused subject show little expressiveness, supports freud. Supporting darwin: facial feedback hypothesis, lzard (1977, updated james- lange theory. Emotion provoking event perception (danger) perception of emotion (fear) . Bodily arousal is the last thing in the cycle. Emotion provoking events perception (danger) bodily arousal perception of emotion (fear) Arousal is necessary for emotion and it happens before any perception of emotional experiences. Changes in facial expression responsible for distinct emotion. Number of studies indicate that adopting appropriate expression yields emotions. You do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e e(cid:373)otio(cid:374), (cid:455)ou just ha(cid:448)e to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) will be the result. Subject asked to tense and relax facial muscles. Self-reported happiness is higher in smile group. You ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t do(cid:374)e a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g (cid:271)ut (cid:455)our fa(cid:272)e leads to e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al respo(cid:374)se a(cid:374)d (cid:455)our expression of emotion. Stimuli seen as funnier for the smile group. Did an experiment to prove the idea that facial expression leads to a emotional response.