PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Autonomic Nervous System, Positive Psychology, Sympathetic Nervous System
8 Nov 2016
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Psyc 111 - lecture 19 - chapter 12 overview. Emotions are psychological responses of the whole organism involving an interplay among physiological arousal, expressive behaviour, and conscious experience theories of emotion address two major questions. How do feelings and cognition interact? theories of emotion. Emotional feelings follow body"s response to emotion-inducing stimuli. Physiological response to an emotion-inducing stimulus occurs at the same time as our subjective feeling of the emotion. Zajonic and ledoux: emotional response occur instantly. Dual track mind the last two theories tend to be more widely accepted, james-lange is not super accurate. Women tend to read emotional cues more easily and tend to be more empathetic. Meaning of gestures and emotional displays vary with culture facial feedback effect. Our facial expressions can trigger emotional feelings and signal our body to respond accordingly. Behavior feedback effect tendency of behavior to influence our own and other"s thoughts, feelings, and actions.
