Emotion

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Emotion
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The Concept of Emotion

• A complex feeling state marked by
• physiological arousal
• cognitive appraisal of the situation
• and overt expressive, purposeful behavior
• in response to a stimulus

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Characteristics of Emotion

• Cognitive
• Somatic
• Subjective
• Behavioral
• Expressive
• Positive -- approach
• Negative -- avoidance

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Biological Basis

• Lateralization
• Right frontal -- positive
• Left frontal -- negative
• right parietal -- detection
• Localization
• Hypothalamus
• Amygdala

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Theories of Emotion

• Common-Sense
• Stimulus Event
• Emotion
• Reaction

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• Your cat dies
• You feel sad
• You cry because you are sad

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James-Lange Theory

• Stimulus Event
• Different physiological reactions
• Assessment of emotion based on reactions

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• Your cat dies
• You cry
• You feel sad because you cry

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Cannon-Bard Theory

• Stimulus Event
• Thalamus
• Feeling
• Arousal

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Schachter-Singer Cognitive Theory

• Stimulus Event
• General state of arousal
• Cognitive assessment of stimulus
• Behavior
• Emotion determined by assessment and behavior

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Tompkins Facial Feedback Theory

• Stimulus Event
• Facial Expression
• Arousal
• Feeling

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• Universal Facial Expressions
• Happiness
• Anger
• Disgust
• Sadness
• Fear
• Surprise

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Plutchiks Psychoeveolutionary Synthesis

• Inherited behavioral patterns that have important
  functions that are modifiable by experience
• Primary
• Secondary

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• Joy -- Sadness
• Acceptance -- Disgust
• Fear -- Anger
• Surprise -- Anticipation

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• Stimulus Event
• Cognition
• Feeling directed by innate mechanisms
• Behavior
• Function served