Chapter 11-Emotion
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- two-factor theory of emotion
- the theory that emotions depends on both physiological arousal and a cognitive interpretation of that arousal
- emotion work
- expression of an emotion that the person does not really feel, often because of a role requirement
- sensitivity to other emotions
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1. we are better at reading same sex emotions
2. how well the sender and receiver know each other
3. how expressive the sender is
4. who has the power? - Differences in emotional responses
- gender roles, cultural norms, specific situatin
- emotion
- state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes, brain activation, cognitive appraisals, subjective feelings, and tendencies toward action, all shaped by cultural rules
- primary emotions
- emotions considered to be universal and biologically based; they are generally include fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, and contempt
- secondary emotions
- emotions that develop with cognitive maturity and vary across individuals and cultures
- facial feedback
- process by which the faical muscles send messages to the brain about the basic emotion being expressed
- Findings that show social importnace of facial expressions
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1. agreement across cultures does not always work
2. displaying with audience
3. facial expressions can convey different things (dependent upon circumstance)
4. people often use them to lie about feeligns - amygdala's role
- emotional response, mostly in fear
- frontal cortex
- helps produce responses to emotions
- epinephrine and norepinephrine
- chem messengers that produce state of arousal