SOC 3310 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Review of lecture 1II. Social relations, feelings, and emotion.III. Why is social psychology important? Applying social psychology to social problems in history.IV. Film: The Power of the SituationOutline of Current Lecture I. Emotional Attachment: Central to human’s survival?II. What emotions develop in children?a. Basic emotionsb. Social emotionsIII. What is Emotion? Three Parts:a. Cognitiveb. Physiologicalc. BehavioralCurrent LectureI. Emotional Attachment: Central to human’s survival?a. H.Harlow (1959): Study of monkeys raised with wire and cloth mothers to demonstrate the importance of contact comfort.i. Monkeys preferred cloth mothers which could provide warmth over wire mothers who could provide food.b. Spitz (1940): Study of orphanage where infants had all physical needs met, but not enough caretakers to give psychological affection/interaction. i. Infants became very distressed and some died. “death by heartbreak” showed importance of interaction with others during early life.c. Hazan (1990) Does infant attachment style predict adult styles of love?i. Attachment with mother from 6-8 months of life is extremely influential on adult attachment styles. Insecure, secure, and detached. Humans seek familiarity and will attach to people with similar attachment styles as theirown. Ex. An insecurely attached infant will likely form romantic relationships with people in adulthood who are not likely to be secure in These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.their relationship. Divorced people are even more likely to get divorced in a second marriage.II. What emotions develop in children?a. “Basic emotions”: Present at birth: joy, anger, interest, disgust, surprise, distress, sadness, fear. Measuring basic emotions and cross-cultural consistency in recognizing basic emotions at a very young age (infants).b. “Social Emotions”: (develop after 2 years of age); embarrassment, guilt, shame, pride. i. Red dot on the forehead experiment in recognizing self and embarrassment in mirror.III. What is Emotion? Three Parts:a. Cognitive: Evaluating how we feel, thoughts about our emotions.b. Physiological: Physical reactions that occur through autonomic nervous system:i. Heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), measures increases in electrical conductivity og the skin that occurs whensweat glands increase their activity during arousal.ii. Example: Lie detection tests (polygraph) measures respiration, GSR, and blood pressure in an attempt to measure deception. How accurate are they?iii. Behavioral: Nonverbal communication (crying, smiling)iv. Micro-expressions: Autonomic. Used and studied now more than polygraph tests to catch
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