BCS 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fiedler Contingency Model
7 Oct 2016
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William james: we might feel emotion b/c of our action. We have automatic bodily responses that inform our emotional state. Charles darwin: we have basic emotions that are modular & distinct universal. Basic emotion models: basic emotion ekman: distinct emotion categories biologically inherited. Anger, fear, disgust, surprise, happiness, sadness: facial action coding system (facs): based on musculature for recognition face divided into action units" whose combinations specific emotion, application. Basic emotion = preferred lay view of emotion: criticisms. Are emotions basic or contextualized: facs- based lie detectors aren"t any better than chance, shouldn"t be any display that"s ambiguous. Are emotions modular: we should be able to locate dedicated areas in brain for certain emotions. There are behavioral circuits, but none for complex mental states: emotion construction - barrett: emotions come from more basic psychological operations that aren"t specific to emotions. There is activation in various areas in brain when experiencing emotions.
