Test 3: Emotion

Question 1

Theories on Emotion

Answer 1

James Lange: suggested that is our arousal that produces the way we feel
Cannon-Bard: Believes there is a simultaneous arousal and cognitive interpretation. Believed these events are sent simultaneously to the neo-cortex.
Shachter-Singer: Believed that first there is an arousal and then there is a subsequent cognitive interpretation.
Lazarus: Believed everything was cognitive, how you think about the stimulus influences the emotion.

Question 2

Basic Emotions

Answer 2

sadness, happiness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust (exhibited the same way in all cultures)

Question 3

Facial Feedback Hypothesis

Answer 3

The notion that the muscles in our face send messages to our brain and our body about emotion.

Question 4

Gender Differences in Emotions in ‘Murica

Answer 4

Males are more likely to express anger, females are more likely to express sadness.
Women are more emotionally in tune with relationships
Women experience emotions more intensely.
Women report greater happiness and greater life satisfaction.
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Question 5

Sternberg’s Types of Love

Answer 5

Triangular of Love theory (Sternberg)
intimacy
feelings in a relationship that promote closeness or bindingness.
passion
physical attraction and sexual engagement.
commitment
sustaining love over time.
Sternberg’s Types of Love (Many different ways we can love or experience it)
Liking
One component, intimacy. (Coworkers)
Infatuated Love
Solely Passion (One night stand)
Empty Love
Commitment only (Marriages that just stay together for the benefits)
Romantic Love
Intimacy and Passion but no commitment
Fatuous Love
Passion and commitment but no intimacy 
Companion-ant Love 
intimacy and commitment (Child friends)
Consumate Love
intimacy, passion, commitment