Emotions

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

Natural instinctive state of mind derived from circumstances, mood, or relationships with others

Question 2

Which hemisphere handles positive emotions? Negative emotions?

Answer 2

Positive emotions: left hemisphere

Negative emotions: right hemisphere

Question 3

3 components of emotions

Answer 3

Physiological (body functions), cognitive (mental assessments of the situation), and behavioral (emotional response)

Question 4

Universal Emotions

Answer 4

Found by Ekman; emotions that can be identified by anyone regardless of culture, customs, etc.
Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise, fear

Question 5

Why are emotions universally recognizable?

Answer 5

Darwin theorized that these emotions are part of an innate ability that allowed our ancestors better survival

Question 6

James-Lang Theory of Emotion

Answer 6

We interpret our physiological response to a stimulus as the emotion

Question 7

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

Answer 7

The physiological response and the emotional response occur simultaneously and independently of each other

Question 8

Schachter-Singer Theory of Emotion

Answer 8

Also known as the Two Factor Theory of Emotion; the physiological response to a stimulus as well as a cognitive response to the stimulus result in emotion (we have to cognitively identify or label the situation)

Question 9

Lazarus Theory of Emotion

Answer 9

Our cognitive identification of the situations leads to the physiological response and the emotional response simultaneously and independently (cognitive response must come first)

Question 10

Vicarious Emotions

Answer 10

Emotions that occur when one person intuits the feelings or emotions of another person