Week 1, Day 1

Question 1

Dimensions of Emotions

Answer 1

1. feelings
2. behaviors
3. thoughts
4. expressions

Question 2

science of emotion/ scientific method

Answer 2

1. observations
2. hypotheses
3. experimentally testing them
4. conclusions/ theories
   - > our hypotheses come from our lives and our personalities.
   - > our conclusions also reflect these personal views

Question 3

What can we observe?

Answer 3

1. feelings of self
2. behaviors of self and others
3. thought of self
4. expressions of others

Question 4

what can we not observe?

Answer 4

1. feelings of others
2. thoughts of others
3. expressions of ourselves

Question 5

why is me search significant?

Answer 5

1. more theories/ hyps may be tied to the researcher’s own experiences
   - > “me search”
2. it just means where we start looking may be a function of what we exp in the world

Question 6

general definition of emotion

Answer 6

DOES NOT EXIST!!!

Question 7

Cyberball Study

Answer 7

1. her study
2. about how social rejection maps on the brain (like phys pain)
3. social pain theory

Question 8

Social Pain Theory

Answer 8

social connection is so important for survival that our brains hijacked the pain system to prevent social disconnection

Question 9

Charles Darwin

Answer 9

1. talking about tiny observations in his theories
2. making observations may sound easy but actually really hard
3. you can’t take it for granted