Theories about emotion
What comes first in every theory?
Stimulus/Event
Define the facial feedback hypothesis
Facial movements or expressions can influence one's emotional disposition
What is a confederate?
What comes second in every theory?
Perception/Awareness
Describe the pencil studies
What were the groups shot with?
Describe the traditional view of emotions.
1. Event/Stimulus
2. Perc./Awareness
3. Emotional response
4. Physical reaction
What were the results of the studies done on Botox patients?
People's intensity of emotions decreased, and they had a harder time recognizing emotions.
True or False: Only the uninformed group got angry confederates
False
Describe the steps in the James Lange Theory (JLT)
1. Event/Stim
2. Perc./Awareness
3. Physical Reaction
4. Emotional response
What is pure autonomic failure and what were the results of the studies done on bells palsy?
They have no sympathetic response.
People's intensity of emotions decreased, and they had a harder time recognizing emotions.
Were the informed group affected by the confederate? Why or why not?
What about the uninformed group? How did they react, if at all?
No, because they were able to cognitively assess the situation
Yes, they matched the confederate's emotion
Describe the Schacter & Singer theory
1. Event/stim.
2. Perc./Awareness
3. Physical reaction
4. Cognitive Appraisal
5. Emotional response
Why is Panic disorder evidence for JLT?
Because the dramatic, sudden sympathetic activation ALWAYS comes before an extreme sense of fear.
Describe the experiment including all details presented in class.
2 groups were split up, one was told about the adrenaline shot (informed group), the other wasn't(uninformed group) after they were shot, they were brought into a room to do paperwork. After a couple minutes of that, they either were shown a happy or angry confederate.