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22 Cards in this Set
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Aristotle |
Argued that emotional experiences are shaped by our judgments/evaluations. |
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Katharsis of emotion |
Clarification towards consciously understanding the relation to consequences of human action. NOT a purging of emotions. |
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Epicureanism |
That humans have the right to pursue happiness via living a simple life in harmony with the environment. Shift your attention away from irrational desires and guilty pleasures since they bring pain. |
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Stoicism
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Emotions are derived from desires, you must remove and destroy all desires to be free from crippling painful emotions. They saw most emotions (anger, anxiety and lust) as damaging to the human race.
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Hippocrates and Galen |
Disease and problems come from imbalances in the 4 humors of the human body. Blood, Phlegm, Yellow bile and Black bile.
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Blood |
One of the 4 humors, related to vigor and hope.
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Phlegm |
One of the 4 humors, related to placidity and laziness
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Yellow Bile |
One of the 4 humors, related to anger |
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Black Bile |
One of the 4 humors, related to sadness and despair
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Rene Descartes |
Believed in 6 basic emotions (wonder, desire, joy, love, hatred and sadness) which are closely connected to our bodies (heartbeat, tears, etc..). Emotions are different from perceptions we have of the world but they can tell us what is important to us which is then regulated by our thoughts. |
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Charles Darwin |
Argued that emotions are derived from habits that held evolutionary advantages. Emotional expressions are reflexive like and may not hold any merit because they can be triggered involuntarily. |
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James-Lange theory |
Emotions start off as a physiological response (something automatic) then it's perceived by the CNS and turned into a conscious emotional response.
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Sigmund Freud |
Emotions are caused by early life traumatic events likely associated with unconscious sexual fantasies, also thought of as the core of mental illness. Psychoanalysis allows patients to realize and accept their emotions. |
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Papez circuit |
Involved in the control of emotional expression, involves the hypothalamus, anterior thalamus, cingulate gyrus and hippocampus. |
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Limbic system |
Mood, instinct, fear control and the drive for basic human needs. Involves the hypothalamus, anterior thalamus, cingulate gyrus and hippocampus AS WELL AS the amygdala, OF cortex and basal ganglia. |
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Magda Arnold |
The first person to suggest that emotions occur when some event in the world affects an inner concern or goal. |
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Sylvan Tomkins |
Argued that emotions are the center of our motivation, that it decides which drives we listen to the most |
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Nico Frijda |
Said that emotions are something that gives priority to a set of goals or concerns while ignoring other ones. It's the readiness to identify the danger and urge to escape. |
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Richard Lazarus |
Believed that emotions are something that evaluates something in the persons world |
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4 facets of emotion |
Physiological Overt Behaviors Subjective Feeling Cognitive Appraisal |
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Bottom-up emotional processing |
Can be triggered by innate differences in biological preparedness OR by learned experiences/associations with a sound or smell. |
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Top-down emotional processing |
Involves memory recall, ruminations/thoughts or visual recollection. Isn't innate and involves being consciously aware of what you're thinking. |