Emotions
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EmotionEmotions are our body’s adaptive response.
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Theories of Emotion
Emotions are a mix of 1) physiological activation, 2) expressive behaviors, and
3) conscious experience.
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Controversy1) Does physiological arousal precede or
follow your emotional experience?
2) Does cognition (thinking) precede emotion (feeling)?
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Commonsense ViewWhen you become happy, your heart starts
beating faster. First comes conscious awareness, then comes physiological activity.
Bob Sacha
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James-Lange Theory
William James and Carl Lange proposed
an idea that was diametrically opposed to the common-sense
view. The James-Lange Theory proposes that
physiological activity precedes the
emotional experience.
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Cannon-Bard Theory
Walter Cannon and Phillip Bard
questioned the James-Lange Theory and proposed that
an emotion-triggering stimulus
and the body's arousal take place
simultaneously.
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Two-Factor Theory
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer
proposed yet another theory
which suggests our physiology and
cognitions create emotions. Emotions have two factors–physical arousal
and cognitive label.
Life without emotions• On Star Trek, who
is better off: Mr. Spock or Dr. McCoy?
• What do we loose when we loose our ability to feel emotions? Watch the video
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Embodied Emotion
We know that emotions involve bodily responses. Some of these responses are very noticeable (butterflies in our stomach when fear arises), but others are more difficult to
discern (neurons activated in the brain).
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Emotions and Autonomic Nervous System
During an emotional experience, our autonomic nervous system mobilizes energy in the body that arouses us.
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Arousal and Performance
Arousal in short spurts is adaptive. We perform better under moderate arousal,
but optimal performance varies with task difficulty.
How much arousal do you need in your life?
• Take the Sensation Seeking Scale and score it on the next slide
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Scoring the Sensation Seeking Scale
• Score by counting the number of times that you answered True
• Scores can range from 0 to 10 with higher scores reflecting a greater tendency towards sensation-seeking
• 0-3 = low• 4-7 = moderate• 8-10 = high
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Four forms of sensation-seeking
1. Thrill and adventure seeking: use risky, but socially acceptable, activities for excitement
2. Experience-seeking: seek sensation through the mind, the senses, and a non-conforming life style, may use travel and art for experiences
3. Disinhibition: seek escape through social drinking and partying, need people for stimulation
4. Boredom susceptibility: low tolerance for repetitious or constant experiences
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Physiological Similarities
Physiological responses related to the emotions of fear, anger, love, and
boredom are very similar.
Excitement and fear involve a similarphysiological arousal.
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Cognition and EmotionWhat is the connection between how we think
(cognition) and how we feel (emotion)?
Can we change our emotions by changing our thinking?
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Cognition Can Define Emotion
An arousal response to one event spills over into our response to the next event.
Arousal from a soccer match can fuel anger, which may lead to rioting.
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Cognition Does Not Always Precede Emotion
A subliminally presented happy face can encourage subjects to drink more than when presented with an
angry face (Berridge & Winkeilman, 2003).
Emotions are felt directly through the amygdala (a) or through the cortex (b) for
analysis.
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Cognition Does Not Always Precede Emotion
When fearful eyes were subliminally presented to subjects, fMRI scans revealed
higher levels of activity in the amygdala (Whalen et al. 2004).
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Two Routes to Emotion
Zajonc and LeDoux (1984) emphasize that some emotions are immediate, without conscious
appraisal. Lazarus, Schachter, and Singer (1998) emphasize that appraisal also determines emotions.
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Expressed Emotion
Emotions are expressed on the face, by the body, and by the intonation of voice. Is this non-verbal language of emotion universal?
How aware are you of your own moods?
• Take the Mood Awareness Scale and score it using the next slide
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Scoring Mood Awareness
• Reverse the numbers that you gave yourself for items 1, 5, 9, and 10
• Add the numbers for items 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10 to assess your level of mood monitoring, which is the tendency to scrutinize and focus on your own moods
• Add the numbers for items 1, 2, 5, 7, and 9 to measure mood labeling, which is the ability to identify and categorize your own moods
What does my score mean?
• High mood monitors show greater self-consciousness, are more neurotic, have lower self-esteem, and experience greater negative affect.
• High mood labelers tend to be less socially anxious, less neurotic, more extraverted, and more nonverbally expressive, and to experience greater positive affect.
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Nonverbal CommunicationMost of us are good at deciphering
emotions through non-verbal communication. In a crowd of faces a
single angry face will “pop out” faster than a single happy face (Fox et al. 2000).
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Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior
Women are much better at discerning nonverbal emotions than men. When shown
sad, happy, and scary film clips women expressed more emotions than men.
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Detecting and Computing Emotion
Most people find it difficult to detect deceiving emotions. Even trained professionals like police officers, psychiatrists, judges, and polygraphists
detected deceiving emotions only 54% of the time.
Which of Paul Ekman’s smiles is genuine?
Dr. Paul Elkm
an, University of C
alifornia at San Francisco
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Hindu DanceIn classical Hindu dance, the body is
trained to effectively convey 10 different emotions.
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ork Photographers/ Alam
y
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Emotions are AdaptiveDarwin speculated that our ancestors
communicated with facial expressions in
the absence of language. Nonverbal
facial expressions led to our ancestor’s
survival.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Disgust
• How easily are you disgusted?
• Take the test and find out
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Scoring disgust• Add your false responses to items 2, 9, and 13
and your true responses to the remaining items from 1 to 16
• Add up all your ratings for items 17 – 32 and divide that total by 2
• Add your scores for parts one and two• Scores can range from 0 to 32 with higher
scores reflecting greater disgust sensitivity• Mean scores for American men = 14 and
American women = 1832
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Analyzing Emotion
Analysis of emotions are carried on different levels.
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Dimensions of Emotion
People generally divide emotions intotwo dimensions.
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Fear
Fear can torment us, rob us of sleep, andpreoccupy our thinking. However, fear can
be adaptive – it makes us run away from danger, it brings us closer as groups, and it
protects us frominjury and harm.
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Learning Fear
Watson (1878-1958)
We learn fear in two ways, either through conditioning and/or through observation.
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The Biology of Fear
Some fears are easier to learn than others. The amygdala in the brain associates
emotions like fear with certain situations.
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Take the fear survey
• Compare your scores with your classmates and with intro psych students at Temple University on the next slide
Mean Scores• MF M F• 1. 1.5 1.7 8. 2.6 2.7• 2. 2.4 2.6 9. 2.7 2.4• 3. 2.0 2.1 10. 2.1 2.0• 4. 1.5 1.6 11. 2.2 2.1• 5. 2.0 2.1 12. 2.4 2.7• 6. 1.9 2.1 13. 1.5 2.0• 7. 2.2 3.1 14. 1.8 1.9
More mean scores• M F M F• 15. 2.0 2.8 22. 2.3 2.3• 16. 1.6 1.8 23. 1.5 1.7• 17. 2.5 2.7 24. 1.6 1.7• 18. 1.7 2.1 25. 1.4 1.4• 19. 1.6 1.8 26. 1.3 1.5• 20. 2.0 2.1 27. 1.4 2.1• 21. 2.5 2.6 28. 1.6 1.7
Final mean scores• M F• 29. 1.9 2.7• 30. 1.1 1.1• 31. 1.8 1.9• 32. 1.1 1.4• 33. 2.2 2.4• 34. 2.3 2.3• 35. 2.0 2.1
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Anger
Anger “carries the mind away,” (Virgil, 70-19 B.C.), but “makes any coward
brave,” (Cato 234-149 B.C.).
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Causes of Anger
1. People generally become angry with friends and loved ones who commit wrongdoings, especially if they are willful, unjustified, and avoidable.
2. People are also angered by foul odors, high temperatures, traffic jams, and aches and pains.
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Cultural & Gender Differences
1. Boys respond to anger by moving away from that situation, while girls talk to their friends or listen to music.
2. Anger breeds prejudice. The 9/11 attacks led to an intolerance towards immigrants and Muslims.
3. The expression of anger is more encouraged in cultures that do not promote group behavior than in cultures that do promote group behavior.
Wolfgang K
aehler
How angry are you
• Take the Multidimensional Anger Inventory and score it, using information on the next slide
How to score• Reverse the numbers that you gave youself
for items 2, 15, 23, 24 and 25• Then total all the numbers• Male and female college students scored a
mean of 71.18
Dimensions of Anger• Figure out the dimensions of your anger by
looking at these subgroups:– Frequency: items 1, 6, 9, 14, and 17– Duration: items 22 and 25– Magnitude: items 2, 10, 18 and 26– Range of anger eliciting situations: item 30– Hostile outlook: 5, 8, 13, 16, 21 and 28
Mode of expression• Figure out how you express your anger by
looking at these subgroups:– Anger-in: items 3, 20, 23, 24, 27 and 29– Anger- out: items 4, 7, 12, 15 and 19– Guilt about expressing anger: items 11 and 29– Brooding: items 15, 19, 20 and 23– Anger discuss: item 24
Now that we know how angry you are…
• You can figure out how comfortable you are with your anger by taking the Anger Discomfort Scale and scoring it on the next slide
Scoring• Reverse the numnbers that you gave
yourself for items 5, 10 and 11• Total the numbers for all 15 items• Scores can range from 15 to 60 with higher
scores reflecting greater discomfort with your own anger
• Undergraduates had a mean score of 30.6 with no gender difference
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Happiness
People who are happy perceive the
world as being safer. They are able to make decisions easily, are more
cooperative, rate job applicants more
favorably, and live healthier, energized, and more satisfied
lives.
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Feel-Good, Do-Good Phenomenon
When we feel happy we are more willing to help others.
How happy are you?
• Take the “Emotions Questionnaire” that is on the back of your “Fear Survey” and score it on the next slide
Scoring – how do you compare?• Combination score = (scale score x 10 plus
happy %) divided by 2• Mean scores for community college
students were:– Combination score: 61.7– Scale score: 7– Happy percent: 54– Unhappy percent: 21– Neutral percent: 25
Characteristics of happy people
• Number a paper 1-10• List the initials of 10 people who you know
well• Write an H next to their name if you think
that they are generally happy• Write a N next to their name if you think
that they are generally unhappy• Follow my oral directions for the rest
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Subjective Well-BeingSubjective well-being is the self-perceived feeling
of happiness or satisfaction with life. Research on new positive psychology is on the rise.
http://web.fineliving.com
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Emotional Ups and Downs
Our positive moods rise to a maximum within 6-7 hours after waking up. Negative
moods stay more or less the same throughout the day.
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Emotional Ups and Downs
Over the long run, our emotional ups and downs tend to balance. Although grave
diseases can bring individuals emotionally down, most people adapt.
Courtesy of A
nna Putt
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Values & Life Satisfaction
Students who value love more than money report higher life satisfaction.
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Happiness & Prior Experience
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon: Like the adaptation to brightness, volume, and touch, people adapt to income levels. “Satisfaction
has a short half-life” (Ryan, 1999).
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Happiness is not only relative to our past, but also to our comparisons with others. Relative Deprivation is the perception that we are relatively worse off than those we compare ourselves with.
Happiness & Others’ Attainments
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