Social🗣 Flashcards
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Emotion theoretical approaches: Darwin
Gestures are specific, facial expressions are universal
Discrete entities
Move towards (dominance) or away (submission)signals intent
Evolutionary- Duchenne facial muscles and adaptive action codes
Emotion theoretical approaches: James-Lange theory
Criticisms and newer theory
Emotions are physiological response to environment
Separating brain from body still has emotional response
Prompting physiological effects does not result in corresponding emotion
Two factor theory- use cognitions to decide if stimulus is good or bad when physiologically aroused
Emotion theoretical approaches: Cannon-Bard Theory
Proof
Emotions from brain not body
Thalamus/hypothalamus generate emotion, cortex inhibits emotion
Emotion is affected if thalamus is damaged, electrodes induce emotions
Emotion theoretical approaches: Arnold’s appraisal theory
Thoughts and cognitions generate emotions Evaluate world (appraisal events) and decide how to respond
Automatic appraisal- unconsciously
Discrete appraisal- relevant to goals
Dimensional appraisal- certainty, responsibility, legitimacy
Emotion theoretical approaches: Schacter and Singer
Proof
Emotions from physiological arousal (adrenaline) taken from cues
Wobbly bridge fear attributed to sexual attraction
Emotion theoretical approaches: Freud
Emotions core of pathologies, expression reveals unconscious thoughts and emotions
Emotion theoretical approaches: Goffman
Sociological theory,
Act in a role, emotions part of this
Signal and request things from others, follow script but happier when more authentic
Studying emotions: 4 areas of emotion
Affect- mental state, evaluate relationship with environment
Emotion- short lived response to object
Mood- longer lasting, generalised
Affective wellbeing- disorders if impaired
Models of emotion
Dimensional (circumplex) -
Emotions placed by underlying dimensions more emphasis on pleasure. Dimensions opposite each other are independent
Discrete (categorical)-
Innate, universal and corresponds to physiological systems. Joy, sadness, disgust, fear, anger. 15 compound emotions
Social function of emotions Van Kleef
Behaviour affected by other’s emotional expressions
Inferential process- infer other’s feelings (conscious)
Affective reactions- emotional contagion (unconscious)
Depends on
Info processing (amount attended to)
Social relational factors (attend more based on relationship)
Measuring affect
Self report scales
Neuroimaging, physiological, cognitive measures
Emotional stimuli ( film clips, international affect picture system)
Facial feedback hypothesis
And research
Feedback from facial expressions about how happy/sad we are
Cognitively (infer how they feel)
Physiologically (automatic)
More amused holding pen with teeth (smiling muscles)
Inconclusive replications
Motor mimicry
And research
Primitive emotion, contagion (unconscious)
Take upon another’s emotion (facial feedback)
Participants faced each other, low mood people changed mood to higher
Triggers action codes
Emotion contagion
And research
Emotions spread, understand and identify with others
Weak effect, no effect if think someone has better reason to feel way, some more susceptible
Post more negatively with more negative posts. Post negatively when raining, also affects friends
Impulses to share emotion- Rimé
Strong impulse to share, report one episode per day
Can heighten negative emotion by reactivating
Recovery requires socio cognitive not socio affective response
Strengthens social bonds however, info for who to trust
Emotions importance
Claims importance of things to you, request comfort etc
Progress in a social goal e.g. anger if threatened and maintain status
Rebate and break social relationships
Communicate goals to each other
Three types of social motivation (Three As)
ATTACHMENT (offers protection)
Anxiety- comfort regulate
AFFILIATION (offers bonding)
Sadness- joy regulate
ASSERTION (offers status)
Shame-anger regulate
4 damaging behaviours: affiliation
Criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stonewalling
Use of these predicted divorce in 17 years with 93% accuracy
Forgiveness- less better if have issues
Anger- readjust relationship when feel wronged
Three types of social motivation: assertion
Anger- power, high status
Benefit in negotiations but less successful outcome
More likely to punish others even if angry from unrelated source
Attitudes definition (3 aspects)
Mental state of readiness organised through experience, save cognitive energy (don’t figure out stance again by scratch)
Affective, Cognitive, Behavioural
Extent attitudes predict behaviour research
1/184 restaurants refused service to Chinese customers but
92% claimed they don’t accept them 6 months after
Behaviours different from attitudes
Only 10% variance in behavioural measures can be accounted for by attitude
4 elements of attitude and behaviour (things that affect them)
Action, Target, Context, Time
Correspondence greater between attitudes and behaviour when measured at same specificity
Opinions and attitude and behaviour correlation research
Greater correlation between attitude and behaviour when opinion (what is asked) is more specific
Birth control opinion .08
Pills .32
Pills next two years .57
Attitude strength 2 factors
Accessibility- recalled easier and expressed quicker
Temporal stability- strong attitudes resistant to change