Thinking About Psychology The Science of Mind and Behavior 3e Charles T. Blair-Broeker & Randal M. Ernst PowerPoint Presentation Slides by Kent Korek Germantown High School Worth Publishers, © 2012

Individual Variation Domain

Motivation and Emotion

Emotion Module 27

Module Overview Theories of Emotion Fear: A Closer Look The Expression of Emotion Click on the any of the above hyperlinks to go to that section in the presentation.

Theories of Emotion Module 27: Emotion

Emotions Whole-organism responses, involving –Physiological arousal –Expressive behaviors and –Conscious experience.

Debates in Emotion Research Which comes first, physiological arousal or the subjective experience of an emotion? Can we react emotionally before appraising a situation, or does thinking always precede emotion?

Theories of Emotion: Historical Approaches Module 27: Emotion

Common Sense Theory Emotion-arousing stimulus leads to a conscious feeling (fear, anger) and a physiological response. Seeing an angry dog triggers feelings of fear and physical responses such as trembling.

William James ( ) Psychologist who believed our awareness of physiological responses leads to our experience of emotion. Developed the James-Lange Theory of Emotions

Carl Lange ( ) Danish physiologist who proposed a theory of emotion similar to, and at about the same time as, James’s theory the awareness of physiological responses leads to experiences of emotion. Developed the James-Lange Theory of Emotions

James-Lange Theory The theory that we experience emotion because we are aware of our bodily response to an emotion-arousing stimulus. Our awareness of the physiological reaction leads to our experience of an emotion.

Walter Cannon ( ) American physiologist who, with Philip Bard, concluded that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously. Developed the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotions

Cannon-Bard Theory The theory that an emotion-arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers physiological responses and the subjective experience of an emotion.

Theories of Emotion: Cognition and Emotion Module 27: Emotion

Cognitive Appraisal One’s thoughts about a situation How a person interprets a situation in the environment

Stanley Schachter ( ) American physiologist who, with Jerome Singer, concluded that emotion requires a cognitive label of physiological arousal. Developed the Schachter- Singer Two Factor Theory of Emotion

Two-Factor Theory The theory that to experience emotion we must be physically aroused and must cognitively label the arousal. Stanley Schachter

Two-Factor Theory Emotions involve two factors: –A physiological arousal –A cognitive label of the arousal Also called the Schachter- Singer Theory Stanley Schachter

Theories of Emotions Review

Robert Zajonc ( ) American psychologist who concluded that some emotional reactions involve no deliberate thinking; he believed that cognition is not always necessary for emotion. Some emotions skip the thinking part of the brain

Robert Zajonc ( )

Richard Lazarus ( ) American psychologist who concluded that some emotional responses do not require conscious thought but still involve some kind of unconscious cognitive appraisal.

Richard Lazarus ( )

Fear: A Closer Look Module 27: Emotion

Autonomic Nervous System The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs; its subdivisions are the sympathetic (arousing) division and the parasympathetic (calming) division. Monitors the autonomic functions Controls breathing, blood pressure, and digestive processes

Divisions of the Nervous System

Sympathetic Nervous System The part of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body to deal with perceived threats Fight or flight response

Divisions of the Nervous System

Parasympathetic Nervous System The part of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body Brings the body back down to a relaxed state

Divisions of the Nervous System

The Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System

The Expression of Emotion Module 27: Emotion

The Expression of Emotion: Nonverbal Communication Module 27: Emotion

Nonverbal Communication Communicating feelings without words: --Facial expressions –Tone of voice –Hand gestures Also called “body language”

The Expression of Emotion: Gender and Cultural Effects on Emotion Module 27: Emotion

Gender Effects Women are better at reading nonverbal communication of emotions. Women tend to express emotions more than men do.

Gender Effects

Display Rules The cultural rules governing how and when a person may express emotion. Rules greatly vary from culture to culture.

Facial Expressions Paul Ekman studied facial expressions in an attempt to determine if they are inborn or culturally based.

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