Emotions Flashcards
(28 cards)
What are the 4 explanations of an emotion
affective, cognitive, behaviour and arousal
What system can explain physiological changes?
Autonomic nervous system
Who said ‘Emotions are short-lived psychological-physiological phenomenon efficient modes of adaptation to changing environment demands”
Levenson (1994)
James-Lange theory of emotions
They are a result of physiological reactions to an event
Cannon-Bard theory of emotions
Emotions occur simultaneously to the physiological responses
Who said that self-evaluation can only be achieved when comparing self to others
Festinger (1954)
Schachter-Singer theory of emotion
Physiological arousal (injecting epinephrine) and cognitive interpretation
What does the facial feedback hypothesis assume?
Facial expressions are innate
Who studied facial features globally and said they’re universal?
Ekman (1972)
How are emotions studied cognitively?
Appraisal
Arnold’s appraisal theory?
Situation - appraisal - emotion - action
Who argued that emotions are for communicative functions?
Oatley & Johnson Laird (1987)
Who said emotions are a specialised state?
Nesse (1990)
Who said emotions are evolutionary?
Oatley and Johnson-Laird (2011)
Evolutionary what are emotions shaped by?
Natural selection and fitness for survival
Who said that emotions are a system that must incorporate biology, cognition and behaviour?
Nesse (1990)
What did Emile Durkheim say about emotions?
They are the glue that holds society together
What do positivist say about emotions?
Biologically hardwired
What do constructivists say about emotions?
socially and culturally made
Do lesions to cortical areas intact emotions?
No
What ecological theory did von Scheve and con Luede, 2005) include
Bronfronbrenner
What is the somatic marker hypothesis?
emotional processes guide behaviour
Who came up with the somatic marker hypothesis?
Damasio
Who did the research on ToM and autism?
Arnaud (2022)
