EMOTIONS
Definition
A complex state of feeling
What comes first? Emotions or bodily changes?
Bodily changes
What comes first? Emotions or bodily changes?
What comes first? Emotions or bodily changes? (PAY ATTENTION!!)
NONE! Thought comes first
TRUE OR FALSE:
We can have an emotion without any bodily response
FALSE! They cause physical and psychological changes
According to this theory, what is the MAIN THING that influences emotion?
Bodily changes
According to this theory, what is the MAIN THING that influences emotion?
The THALAMUS responses
According to this theory, what is the MAIN THING that influences emotions?
Thoughts / Thinking
Causes of emotions (3)
1. Physiological
2. Neurological
3. Cognitive
Can we experience emotions "on demand"?
No, since bodily changes need to occur first
which sense does the thalamus NOT perceive?
Smell
Who proposed this theory?
Richard Lazarus
TRUE OR FALSE: Emotions influence thought and behaviour
TRUE! they influence both (how we think and how we act)
TRUE OR FALSE:
According to this thoery "I cry because I feel sad"
FALSE! I feel sad because I cry
what information does the thalamus process?
Motor and sensory information
Does this theory explain why people feel and react differently? Why?
Yes! Because the way we think influences how we perceive things