PSYC 741 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Striatum, Amygdala, Acetylcholine
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Book definition: a tendency to think or act in a particular way that helps an organism deal with biologically significant events. Components of an emotion: behavior (freezing, running, stance, facial expression, etc. , feeling (subjective feeling, physiology (heart rate, breathing, bp, stress hormones, etc. ) Emotions are triggered by environmental events and memories. Emotions are important because they facilitate social interaction: important regarding/ensuring proliferation of humans. Each emotion is a distinct entity: implies behavior, feeling, and physiology of each are different (may be some overlap) 6 basic emotions (cross-cultural): anger, sadness, happiness, fear, disgust, surprise. Complex emotions: are learned and culturally-specific (pride, guilt, shame, etc. ) Two dimensions: valence and arousal: valence: scale from negative to positive (how you feel) Bored = low valence and low arousal. Anger = low valence and high arousal: arousal: level of how much of that emotion. Happiness does not exist, it is a label that is associated with a high valence and high arousal state.
