FSU SOP 3004 - Emotion and Affect Lecture

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Emotion and Affect Lecture Reading Textbook Chapter 6 Objectives 1 What is the difference between mood emotion and affect a Mood b Emotion general feeling state not linked to something specific conscious feeling in response to a specific event i Conscious emotion vs automatic affect c Affect automatic evaluation positive negative response 2 How do emotions and affect map onto the two types of thinking a Conscious emotion versus automatic affect i Conscious emotion ii Automatic affect felt as a powerful single unified feeling state 1 2 bodily response 1 responses of liking or disliking of good and bad feeling toward something 2 automatic response 3 What are the three parts to emotion What do each of them do a Physiological Component i Physical reaction caused by chemical changes in nervous system 1 Heart rate blood pressure breathing rate blood flow to skin facial expression ii Occurs quickly iii Difficult to interpret b Affective Component i Positive or negative feeling ii Occurs immediately iii Difficult to change from one to the other c Cognitive Component i Conscious interpretation of how we feel 4 Be able to describe the three theories of emotion discussed in class a Cannon Bard Theory i Physiological reaction and emotional reaction happen simultaneously but independently b James Lange Theory i We infer our emotions from physiological arousal ii Problem We don t have different physiological reactions for each emotion c Schachter Singer Theory most accepted i Emotions result from both physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation working together 1 Evidence a Epinephrine study b Bridge study 5 What is the facial feedback hypothesis How does it support the James Lange theory of emotion a Facial feedback hypothesis i Feedback from facial muscles evokes magnifies emotions ii E g hold pen with teeth vs hold pen with lips 1 Those forced to smile pen in teeth enjoyed tasks more than those who had to frown pen in lips 6 Be able to describe the epinephrine study How does it support the Schachter Singer theory of emotion a Epinephrine Study i Ps given shot of epinephrine Told 1 Heart would race 2 Would feel numb 3 Not told anything ii Ps put in a room with a confederate who 1 Behaved euphorically 2 Behaved angrily Euphoric confederate Angry confederate Told Shot Makes Heart Race No effect Told Nothing About Shot Happy Told Shot Makes them Calm REALLY Happy No effect Angry REALLY Angry 7 Be able to describe the bridge study What is excitation transfer and how does the bridge study demonstrate this phenomenon a Dutton Aron 1974 i Meet a woman on a bridge ii More likely to call her when on a scary bridge vs small bridge iii Excitation transfer when arousal is misattributed 8 What is the function of disgust How does physical disgust relate to moral disgust How the Eskine et al disgust study support the relationship between physical disgust and moral disgust a Disgust i Helped us to avoid harmful things 1 e g poisonous and disease causing a Bitter foods bodily discharge dead things certain animals bugs snakes rats poor hygiene body envelop violations b Moral Disgust i Recent evidence suggest moral disgust stems from physical disgust ii Moral disgust leads us to avoid and condemn socially deviant behavior iii Eskine et Al 2001 1 Eating something bitter vs sweet 2 Read about moral transgressions 9 What is guilt and what does it motivate us to do In what ways is guilt 3 Bitter foods elicited more moral disgust a Guilt negative moral emotion associated with a specific instance of different from shame behaving badly or wrongly i Guilt motivates us to 1 Make amends 2 Act more prosaically 3 Avoid bad behavior b Guilt vs Shame i Guilt about a specific act constructive ii Shame about whole person destructive 10 Is happiness a general or specific emotion What does happiness do for us What is happiness associated with What is the strongest predictor of happiness a Likely a general rather than specific emotion i Overall positive emotion ii Little evidence any positive emotions have specific function 1 Possible exception Love b Generally functions to draw us toward positive things c Happiness associated with i Better health ii Better relationships iii Greater success d What predicts happiness i Followed people for 10 years ii Greatest predictor already being happy iii Events can bring temporary joy or sorrow iv Happy people stayed happy and grumpy people stayed grumpy 11 What are the six basic emotions that are distinguished by universally recognized facial expressions Why are facial expressions universal a Many emotions appear to be universal i Likely because they are evolutionarily functional b Paul Ekman identified six basic emotions distinguished by facial expression i Move same muscles for emotions across cultures ii Evidence from blind individuals 1 Happiness 2 Anger 3 Surprise 4 Disgust 5 Sadness 6 Fear 7 c Why would expressions be universal i Communication 1 Babies and parents 2 Communicate social information 3 Communicate information about environment a e g anger a e g fear ii Physical movement is functional 1 e g disgust 12 What are display rules How do U S and Japanese people differ when it comes to display rules How does the Matsumo Ekman study support these cultural differences a Display rules culturally specific rules about expression of emotion i U S people tend to intensify expression ii Japan people tend to mask expression b Matsumo Ekman study i Japanese U S students looked at same pics ii Japanese said person was feeling the emotion more intensely 13 What is affective forecasting What is impact bias a Affective forecasting b Impact bias reactions to future events attempting to predict our future emotional reactions tendency to overestimate the intensity duration of emotional i People assume they will be much happier upset in response to a good bad event than they actually are ii Observers more accurate than actors 14 What are three reasons we tend to be inaccurate when it comes to affective forecasting a Focalism i Tendency to overestimate how much we will focus on the event as opposed to other events b Immune neglect i People don t take unconscious defenses into account 1 e g rationalization self serving attributions c Error Management i Better to assume we ll be super happy and approach good ii Better to assume we ll be super upset and try to avoid bad situations situations Belonging Rejection Objectives Reading Chapter 11 1 What is the need to belong Why is it important Who


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FSU SOP 3004 - Emotion and Affect Lecture

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