Emotion Flashcards
(21 cards)
what are the two main theories of emotions?
james lange theory
two factor theory
james lange theory of emotions
emotions are a result of physical reactions to stimuli
stimulus -> physiology -> emotion
two factor theory of emotions
Physical reactions + cognitive process/interpretation create emotions
stimuli -> (psychology + cognition) -> emotion
according to Darwin’s theory, emotional and facial expressions are ____
universal!
consistent facial movements across cultures and species
basic 6 recognized emotional expressions
happiness
anger
sadness
disgust
fear
suprise
other possible (conventional) universal emotions (beyond the basic 6
contempt
shame
intrest
pride
what evidence supports cultural variability in emotions
- Cultural differences in accuracy
- Ingroup advantage
ingroup advantages for recognizing emotions
people are better at recognizing emotions from their own cultural group
people can often guess someones nationality based on facial expressions
what is the psychological construction of emotion?
people actively perceive and categorize facial movements using culturally learned emotion concepts
emotions are built from 3 things…
valence, arousal, culturally-learned concepts
valence
positive or negative feelings
arousal
high or low intensity
culturally-learned concepts
labels and categories for emotions
what are the 4 points of the circumplex model of affect
activation - deactivation
unpleasant - pleasant
what are cultural display rules?
culturally specific rules about which emotions to show and how strongly to show them
what are ritualized displays?
uniques cultural expressions that are not recognized universally
historical roots of what brought happiness and subjective well being
happiness used to be seen as luck
what is subjective well being?
feeling satisfied with ones life
individualistic vs collectivistic cultural differences in happiness and subjective well being
Individualistic cultures: Happiness comes from personal positive emotions.
Collectivistic cultures: Happiness comes from meeting social expectations.
define the “ideal affect”
the emotions people desire or want to feel
according to personal theories, happiness can be measured by:
the sum of all happy feelings experiences
how happiness is remembered or evaluated over time
