Emotions Flashcards
emotions
the source of adaptive but conflicting goals
Limbic system
hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala. pituitary gland
interconnected with frontal lobe
concomitants of emotion
cognitive and behavioral goals
attention
physiology :fight or flight
facial expressions
cingulate cortex
links emotion to action
ventral striatum
one of the basal ganglia
part of dopamine reward system
Darwin’s theory of emotional expression
serviceable habits (signal: threats, of appeasment, offers of aid)
antithesis (maximally nonconfusible signals)
direct action of the nervous system (fight or flight response)
problems with darwin’s theory
no adaptive function to emotional expressions
Lamarckism
Universality of Facial Expressions of Emotions
cultural conditioning theory (opposite of Darwin)
Paul Ekman in Philippines support Darwin’s Theory
homologues in other species
appearance in blind and deaf children
Problems with Conditioning theory of Fear
Biological preparedness
phobics never experienced a conditioning event
universality of fear stimuli
components of disgust reaction
animal parts and products as triggers
all animal parts and products except a few
fear of incorporating object into body: eating smelling touching
facial expression
contamination by contact
resemblence
sex with innapropriate partners (avoid deleterious recessive genes
violations of the bodily envelope
Purpose of Disgust
defense against biological contaminants:
food
infectious substances
infected people
Disease Theory of Disgust
mot common disease vectors = common disgust elicitors
feces, vomit, spoiled food …..
Disgust and Food Taboos
public health measures
ecological factors
optimal foraging theory and preference for large over small animals
ethnic isolators
