This theorist believed that the physiological arousal one feels (fast heart beat, sweating) after an event (seeing a bear) is the emotion (“I must be scared”)
James Lang Theory
This Theorist believed emotions and physiological arousal co-occur or can be independent; sensory information is sent for physiological arousal and interpretation (i.e. cognitive and non-cognitive processes) simultaneously
Cannon-Bard
Believed affect is primary, and can be experienced independent from cognition. He referred heavily to the mere exposure effect to support his position.
Zajonc, RB
Theorist: Cognition precedes affect
Lazarus, RS
This Theory is attributed to whom?
Attribution Theory: Cognition is part of emotional experience – to what is emotion attributed?
2 – Factor Theory:
- Arousal
- Appraisal (cognitive experience)
Schacter & Singer
Who theorised the notion of two sensory roads to the amygdala: the “low road” being a quick and dirty subcortical pathway for rapidly activity behavioral responses to threats, and the “high road” providing slower but highly processed cortical information.
LeDoux
Studied facial expressions; believed emotions are universal
Ekman
Which of the following is not a universal emotion?
Envy
Ordering of mental processes
Information processing
Bottom-Up Processing is:
Data driven
The type of processing that is data driven
Bottom-Up Processing
Stimulus processing that is influenced by factors such as the individual’s past experience and expectations
Top-down Processing
Parallel Processing is:
Processing in which two or more cognitive processes occur at the same time (i.e. driving)
Sensation + Meaning =
Perception
Human ability to work out accurately which parts of presented visual information belong together and thus form separate objects
Perceptual Organization
“Of several geometrically possible organizations that one will actually occur which posses the best, simplest, and most stable shape”
The Law of Pragnanz
This disorder is caused by brain damage and results in the patient’s inability to recognize familiar faces but can recognize familiar objects
Prosopagnosia
Psychic and physical reaction that is subjectively experienced as strong feeling, and has physiologically involves changes that prepare the body for immediate action
Emotions
Perception is:
The gaining and processing of sensory information in order to see, hear, taste, or feel objects in the world , proces of knowing, including awareness and judgement
The experience of sensory perception:
Sensation
All of the following are theraputic implications of emotions, except:
Emotions are multimentional, flexible, and guided by motivation
_____ is a state of vigilance or alertness that is multidimensional, flexible, and guided by motivation.
Attention
Act/process of knowing, including awareness and judgment
Cognition
An individual may have a hard time giving proper atention to studying for the comprehensive exams as the tests provoke a great deal of anxiety. This is an example of:
Attentional Narrowing