cognition and emotion 1 Flashcards
when were cognition and emotion considered separate topics until?
1980s
what do cognitive experiments traditionally consist of?
normal, healthy participants
in lab conditions to ignore emotional states on cognitive tasks
what is affect?
the experience of feeling or emotion
what is affect divided into?
emotions, moods and preferences
what is emotion?
a brief but intense experience
what is affective judgement?
decision based on what a person likes/dislikes
what does emotion consist of, according to Watson and Clark?
prototypic form of behavioural expression
pattern of consistent autonomic changes
distincy subjective feeling state
what components does Lang suggest emotions have?
behavioural
physiological
cognitive/verbal
what are the response systems>
components of emotion
-behaviour
-physiological response
-feeling
what are the two approaches to classify emotional experiences?
basic emotion approach
dimensional approach
what is the basic emotions approach?
many researchers rely on a limited number of discrete emotions
these are universal, and independent of culture/upbringing
who investigated the basic emotions approach?
Ekman et al- facial recognition of emotion studies
what did Ekman’s study find?
emotions/facial expressions universal across cultures
but surpise varied across cultures
which characteristics determine whether an emotion is a basic one?
distinct universal signals
distinct physiology
present in other primates
quick onset
brief duration
distinct thoughts/memories/images
how is the dimensional approach measured? (Lang)
an affect grid
participants asked to rate pictures according to valence and arousal, on a self assessment manikin rating scale= C shaped pattern
