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Emotion:


Guiding question: how we can tell different shades of emotions apart? (e.g. anger and rage)
   from this, can we become more refined in how we notice the emotional experience?

3 parts of emotion: physiological, cognitive, expression,
And then the context or situation that causes the emotions.

How does each part of an emotion affect each other part? (examples of studies that support that)

      e.g. a study that shows how changing your thought can change your body's response or your expression of an emotion.

How can you tell emotions apart from 3 parts?
             Universal emotions from the combination of parts

Terms: Universal/Non-universal emotions, facial feedback, etc..


Example Questions

1. Can you name the 4 parts of an emotion?

2 Describe two emotions that are similar in one part, but different on another part.

3 Describe a reason or give an example why more careful description of emotions are important for therapy.

4 Give an example of a primary/universal emotion and describe a study that supports the idea of universal emotions.

5 The studies on the facial feedback hypothesis showed that

  • expression is a result of bodily reactions
  • expression can change the cognitive and physiological parts of an emotion.
  • culture plays a large part in emotion

1. What are the parts of an emotion? (Circle all the are true.)
a. expression
b. physiological/body responses
c. situation/context
d. thoughts/cognitive

2. Which of the following occurred when people of varying cultures were asked to match facial expressions with specific emotions?
a. There was little agreement, even among people from the same culture.
b. There was agreement within a specific culture but no agreement across cultures.
c. People from underdeveloped societies had responses not seen in industrial societies.
d. Remarkably, members of all cultures were in agreement on some emotions.

3. Two thousand years ago, a Chinese emperor had a tomb built, surrounded by hundreds of carved statues of warriors. European archaeologists state they can read the emotions expressed on the faces of these statues. Is this possible?
a. No, Asians and Caucasians have different facial expressions.
b. No, human beings today have different facial expressions than those who lived years ago.
c. Mostly, because a few human facial expressions are universal, but not all.
d. Yes, but only happy and sad, the only two facial expressions that are universal.

4. The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that
a. expressing emotions can alter what we experience as the emotion.
b. labeling the emotion determines the emotion.
c. the context determines the emotion.
d. we look to our internal physiological state to know our emotion