what do Basic emotion theories suggest
Basic emotion theories suggest that emotions are hardwired.
That emotions have distinct neural, experiential,and behavioural correlates
Fear = Threat-Amygdala-stereo typicexpressions-Fight/Flight
Ekman has argued for 6 basic emotions. Others have argued for 10.
What are the Dimensions of emotion
Activation (a.k.a. Arousal OR intensity):
Valence (a.k.a. pleasantness OR good vs.bad):
emotions can be plotted on a circumplex using the above as axis
Richard Lazarus (1991) states what with regards to the Cognitive aspects of emotion
Emotional experiences are critically determined by cognitive interpretations and evaluations of the situation called appraisals
Lazarus identified two main types of appraisals describe
Primary appraisals
Primary appraisals:
The emotion eliciting situation/stimulus is appraised as being positive, stressful, or detrimental to wellbeing.
Lazarus identified two main types of appraisals describe
Secondary appraisals
Secondary appraisals:
The individual considers their abilitiesand resources available to cope with the emotion eliciting
Describe Patient SM: “the woman with no fear”
Adolphs, Tranel, Damasio, & Damasio(1994)
SM
* Bilateral lesions to the amygdala from childhood
* Caused by Urbach-Wiethe Disease
* SM seemed to show no fear response in regard to a number of classic fear inducing stimuli (e.g., snakes, tarantulas,scary movies)
* In her personal life, S.M. has been the victim of numerous life-threatening encounters
Name 3 “Textbook” theories of emotion
- Common sense
- James-Lange Theory
- Cannon-Bard Theory
Give examples of the “Common sense” “Textbook” theories of emotion
- Meet an angry bear
- Emotion of fear
- Run, because we are scared
We cry because we feel sad.
The below describes which “Textbook” theories of emotion
- Meet an angry bear
- Autonomic arousal +Run
- Emotion of fear,because we are running.
We feel sad because we cry.
James-Lange Theory
Give examples of the “Common sense” “Textbook” theories of emotion
- Meet an angry bear
- Basic (subcortical)processing in sensorythalamus
- Causes both:
a) autonomic arousal +running
b) emotion of fear
Sadness and crying are independent responses to stimuli
