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What is the primary role of cognitive appraisal in emotional states?
What is the primary role of cognitive appraisal in emotional states?
In the context of Lazarus's study, which narrative condition led to the least stress response?
In the context of Lazarus's study, which narrative condition led to the least stress response?
Which phase of cognitive appraisal involves assessing personal resources to cope with a threat?
Which phase of cognitive appraisal involves assessing personal resources to cope with a threat?
What is the focus of the reappraisal phase in cognitive appraisal?
What is the focus of the reappraisal phase in cognitive appraisal?
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Based on research on emotional responses, what do fast responses suggest about the relationship between cognition and emotion?
Based on research on emotional responses, what do fast responses suggest about the relationship between cognition and emotion?
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What do Watson and Clark identify as the three integrated response systems of emotion?
What do Watson and Clark identify as the three integrated response systems of emotion?
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According to Lang's dimensional approach to emotions, what are the two primary dimensions used to categorize emotions?
According to Lang's dimensional approach to emotions, what are the two primary dimensions used to categorize emotions?
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Which theory posits that physiological arousal occurs simultaneously with subjective emotional experience?
Which theory posits that physiological arousal occurs simultaneously with subjective emotional experience?
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Which of the following statements best reflects Zajonc's position on the relationship between emotion and cognition?
Which of the following statements best reflects Zajonc's position on the relationship between emotion and cognition?
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What does the two-factor theory developed by Schachter and Singer emphasize about emotional experiences?
What does the two-factor theory developed by Schachter and Singer emphasize about emotional experiences?
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What criticism is mentioned about dimensional approaches to classifying emotions?
What criticism is mentioned about dimensional approaches to classifying emotions?
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How does the concept of 'dominance and control' expand the dimensional approach to emotions?
How does the concept of 'dominance and control' expand the dimensional approach to emotions?
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In priming experiments conducted by Zajonc, what was observed about the impact of exposure duration on emotional preference?
In priming experiments conducted by Zajonc, what was observed about the impact of exposure duration on emotional preference?
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Which process involves transforming short-term memories into long-term memories?
Which process involves transforming short-term memories into long-term memories?
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What effect describes better recall of information when the learner's mood at retrieval matches their mood at encoding?
What effect describes better recall of information when the learner's mood at retrieval matches their mood at encoding?
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Which of the following describes the activation of specific nodes during the recall process?
Which of the following describes the activation of specific nodes during the recall process?
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In mood-dependent memory studies, which method is NOT used to provoke a certain emotional state?
In mood-dependent memory studies, which method is NOT used to provoke a certain emotional state?
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Which theory suggests that people recall more information under similar external conditions during encoding and retrieval?
Which theory suggests that people recall more information under similar external conditions during encoding and retrieval?
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What is the term for recalling specific information that matches the learner's mood at the time of learning?
What is the term for recalling specific information that matches the learner's mood at the time of learning?
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What term describes when physical and mental states are the same during both encoding and retrieval?
What term describes when physical and mental states are the same during both encoding and retrieval?
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When individuals recall happy memories to elevate their mood when feeling sad, this process is known as what?
When individuals recall happy memories to elevate their mood when feeling sad, this process is known as what?
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What is the outcome when information is encoded elaborately while in a specific emotional state?
What is the outcome when information is encoded elaborately while in a specific emotional state?
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Which of the following accurately describes the effect of mood on memory recall according to Bower's theory?
Which of the following accurately describes the effect of mood on memory recall according to Bower's theory?
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What mechanism is primarily involved in the formation of flashbulb memories?
What mechanism is primarily involved in the formation of flashbulb memories?
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What is a key characteristic of overgeneral memory?
What is a key characteristic of overgeneral memory?
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What aspect is crucial for the occurrence of flashbulb memories according to the content?
What aspect is crucial for the occurrence of flashbulb memories according to the content?
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According to Brown and Kulik, what is the nature of flashbulb memories?
According to Brown and Kulik, what is the nature of flashbulb memories?
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What phenomenon does the 'print now' hypothesis refer to?
What phenomenon does the 'print now' hypothesis refer to?
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What occurs during functional avoidance in memory retrieval?
What occurs during functional avoidance in memory retrieval?
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Which type of memory is described as a detailed account of personal circumstances during shocking events?
Which type of memory is described as a detailed account of personal circumstances during shocking events?
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What can prevent a person from recalling specific positive memories, according to the content?
What can prevent a person from recalling specific positive memories, according to the content?
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What role does social identity play in flashbulb memory formation?
What role does social identity play in flashbulb memory formation?
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Which research study highlighted the reconstructive nature of flashbulb memories over time?
Which research study highlighted the reconstructive nature of flashbulb memories over time?
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Which statement accurately describes attentional bias?
Which statement accurately describes attentional bias?
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What is the primary finding of the Emotional Stroop Task regarding high-anxiety individuals?
What is the primary finding of the Emotional Stroop Task regarding high-anxiety individuals?
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In the attentional probe task, what behavior indicates attentional bias?
In the attentional probe task, what behavior indicates attentional bias?
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What does the term 'interpretive bias' refer to in psychology?
What does the term 'interpretive bias' refer to in psychology?
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During the homonym task, what was a significant difference between high- and low-trait anxious participants?
During the homonym task, what was a significant difference between high- and low-trait anxious participants?
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How does high trait anxiety affect attentional bias according to the studies referenced?
How does high trait anxiety affect attentional bias according to the studies referenced?
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Which of the following best characterizes the Emotional Standard Stroop Task?
Which of the following best characterizes the Emotional Standard Stroop Task?
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What did Macleod's (1988) study find about attention in students before exams?
What did Macleod's (1988) study find about attention in students before exams?
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In the context of attentional tasks, what was a notable result concerning the anxiety and control groups studied by Macleod (1986)?
In the context of attentional tasks, what was a notable result concerning the anxiety and control groups studied by Macleod (1986)?
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What was found regarding response times in the emotional Stroop face task when participants viewed angry faces?
What was found regarding response times in the emotional Stroop face task when participants viewed angry faces?
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In Hansen and Hansen's study, what was the outcome when participants identified an angry face among neutral faces?
In Hansen and Hansen's study, what was the outcome when participants identified an angry face among neutral faces?
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What does the term 'pop-out effect' in visual search tasks refer to?
What does the term 'pop-out effect' in visual search tasks refer to?
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What was the key finding from Purcell et al.'s study regarding angry faces?
What was the key finding from Purcell et al.'s study regarding angry faces?
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What does 'set size' refer to in a visual search task?
What does 'set size' refer to in a visual search task?
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How did highly anxious people respond to negative interpretations of prime words in Richard and French's study?
How did highly anxious people respond to negative interpretations of prime words in Richard and French's study?
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What indicates serial processing in visual search times?
What indicates serial processing in visual search times?
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Which of the following best describes the overall findings from Hansen and Hansen's experiments about angry faces?
Which of the following best describes the overall findings from Hansen and Hansen's experiments about angry faces?
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What cognitive process is described as requiring more cognitive effort when processing emotional expressions?
What cognitive process is described as requiring more cognitive effort when processing emotional expressions?
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What outcome did the uninformed group experience in the angry condition of the experiment?
What outcome did the uninformed group experience in the angry condition of the experiment?
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Which group in Schachter and Singer's experiment felt the least angry when exposed to frustration?
Which group in Schachter and Singer's experiment felt the least angry when exposed to frustration?
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How did participants in the informed group attribute their feelings during the experiment?
How did participants in the informed group attribute their feelings during the experiment?
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What is a key insight from Schachter and Singer's study regarding emotional experiences?
What is a key insight from Schachter and Singer's study regarding emotional experiences?
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What kind of information did the informed group receive about their injection?
What kind of information did the informed group receive about their injection?
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In the context of the euphoria condition, how did the misinformed group’s emotions compare to the informed group?
In the context of the euphoria condition, how did the misinformed group’s emotions compare to the informed group?
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What role did independent judges play in the Schachter and Singer experiment?
What role did independent judges play in the Schachter and Singer experiment?
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What conclusion can be derived from the responses of participants who were uninformed about the effects of their injection?
What conclusion can be derived from the responses of participants who were uninformed about the effects of their injection?
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What was the method used to create an emotional experience for participants during the experiment?
What was the method used to create an emotional experience for participants during the experiment?
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What outcome did the misinformed group experience in the euphoria condition of the experiment?
What outcome did the misinformed group experience in the euphoria condition of the experiment?
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Watson and Clark's Emotion System
Watson and Clark's Emotion System
A three-part system that describes emotions, including outward expressions, physiological changes, and subjective feeling.
Basic Emotions Approach
Basic Emotions Approach
The approach that suggests emotions can be categorized into distinct, basic emotions that are universal across cultures.
Dimensional Approach to Emotion
Dimensional Approach to Emotion
The approach that views emotions as a continuous spectrum, with two primary dimensions: valence (positive or negative) and arousal (intensity).
Dominance and Control Dimension
Dominance and Control Dimension
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James-Lange Theory of Emotion
James-Lange Theory of Emotion
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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
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Two-Factor Theory of Emotion (Schachter and Singer)
Two-Factor Theory of Emotion (Schachter and Singer)
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Cognitive Appraisal
Cognitive Appraisal
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Primary Appraisal
Primary Appraisal
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Secondary Appraisal
Secondary Appraisal
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Reappraisal
Reappraisal
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Emotion Precedes Cognition
Emotion Precedes Cognition
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Mood-Dependent Memory
Mood-Dependent Memory
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Context-Dependent Memory
Context-Dependent Memory
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State-Dependent Memory
State-Dependent Memory
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Semantic Network Theory of Affect
Semantic Network Theory of Affect
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Mood Activation in Semantic Network
Mood Activation in Semantic Network
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Emotion and Memory Interaction
Emotion and Memory Interaction
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Mood Congruity Effect
Mood Congruity Effect
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Emotional Regulation
Emotional Regulation
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Overgeneral Memory
Overgeneral Memory
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Functional Avoidance
Functional Avoidance
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Flashbulb Memory
Flashbulb Memory
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Neisser and Harsch (1992) Study
Neisser and Harsch (1992) Study
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Print Now Hypothesis
Print Now Hypothesis
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Cognitive-Emotional Mechanism
Cognitive-Emotional Mechanism
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Surprising and Emotional Events
Surprising and Emotional Events
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Distinctive Events
Distinctive Events
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Consequential National Events
Consequential National Events
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Social Identity
Social Identity
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Attentional Bias
Attentional Bias
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Interpretive Bias
Interpretive Bias
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Emotional Stroop Task
Emotional Stroop Task
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Attentional Probe Task
Attentional Probe Task
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Macleod (1986) Attentional Probe Task Study
Macleod (1986) Attentional Probe Task Study
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Macleod (1988) Attentional Probe Task Study
Macleod (1988) Attentional Probe Task Study
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Homonym Task
Homonym Task
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Response Bias
Response Bias
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Eysenck, Macleod, and Mathews (1987) Homonym Task Study
Eysenck, Macleod, and Mathews (1987) Homonym Task Study
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Lexical Decision Task
Lexical Decision Task
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Emotional Stroop Face Task
Emotional Stroop Face Task
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Pop-out Effect
Pop-out Effect
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Visual Search Task
Visual Search Task
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Serial Search
Serial Search
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Parallel Search
Parallel Search
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Angry Face Pop-out Effect
Angry Face Pop-out Effect
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Purcell et al.'s (1996) Study
Purcell et al.'s (1996) Study
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Informed Group
Informed Group
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Misinformed Group
Misinformed Group
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Uninformed Group
Uninformed Group
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Euphoria Condition
Euphoria Condition
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Anger Condition
Anger Condition
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Misinformed Group Happiness
Misinformed Group Happiness
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Uninformed Group Anger
Uninformed Group Anger
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Study Notes
Emotion and Memory
- Emotion significantly influences memory encoding and retrieval.
- Encoding: Mood congruity effect: State at retrieval matches memory content
- Retrieval: Mood-dependent memory: Better recall when the learner's mood at retrieval matches their mood during encoding.
- Mood-dependent memory studies manipulate mood (e.g., music, video clips, vignettes) to examine mood effects on memory, confirming improved recall when moods during learning and retrieval match.
- Mood-dependent memory is comparable to context-dependent memory (recalling more information if retrieval and encoding are in the same external environment, e.g., temperature) and state-dependent memory (recall enhanced when physical and mental states at encoding and retrieval are consistent, e.g., being tired or hyperactive).
- Semantic Network Theory of Affect (Bower, 1981): Emotions are interconnected with concepts within the mind. Specific moods activate related nodes that influence memory encoding and retrieval. When learning is aligned with a particular mood, retrieval is better in that mood. Matching moods during encoding and retrieval leads to strong connections, elaborated encoding, and improved LTM.
- Mood and Depression: Individuals can recall positive words better when happy and negative words better when sad. Emotional regulation using positive memories is not effective for depressed individuals.
- Overgeneral Memory: Inability to recall specific memories, instead remembering vaguely. This can be a brain mechanism (functional avoidance) to prevent reliving negative memories.
- Flashbulb Memory: Detailed memory of a surprising or consequential event like a major news event.
- Typically of catastrophic worldwide events (e.g., COVID-19).
- Accounts of events like Lincoln's assassination have been extensively documented, highlighting the vividness of the memory.
- Brown and Kulik (1977): Proposed that flashbulb memories are exact copies of the event, not reconstructive.
- Neisser and Harsch (1992): Found memories of the Challenger disaster changed significantly over time, disproving the "print now" hypothesis (exact copy) for flashbulb memories.
- Flashbulb memory as a combined cognitive and social-emotional mechanism: Cognitive rehearsal and emotional arousal, combined with the social significance and impact of the event on the individual, creates the memory.
- Flashbulb memories form only when the event is important to the person's group identity.
- Schachter and Singer's Injection Experiment: Demonstrates the role of context in affecting emotion.
Emotion and Attention
- Attending to stimuli is necessary for information encoding.
- Emotional content biases attentional processing.
- Attentional bias: Selective attention to emotional stimuli presented simultaneously with neutral stimuli.
- Interpretive bias: Tendency to interpret ambiguous stimuli negatively or threateningly.
- Emotional Stroop Task: Participants read the colour of emotional and neutral words. Emotional words cause slower responses. High-anxiety individuals show even slower responses to emotional words compared to low-anxiety individuals.
- Attentional Probe Task: Participants respond faster to probes presented at locations of emotional words.
- Anxiety affects attentional bias to threatening stimuli.
- Macleod (1986) demonstrated slower response times of anxious patients to neutral words. -High-trait anxious individuals show bias to threatening stimuli only during high-stress situations.
- Homonym Task: High-trait anxious individuals notice threatening homophone meanings more frequently. This might be a response bias rather than interpretative bias.
- Lexical Task: Anxiety and negative interpretations speed up the recognition of negative words.
- Individuals with high trait anxiety show a bias towards threatening stimuli only when stressed.
- Attentional bias in Facial Expression: Emotional Stroop Face task. Slower response times to angry faces compared to neutral faces.
- Visual Search Tasks:
- Difficulty affected by set size (number of distractors) and similarity between target and distractors.
- Parallel search (all items processed simultaneously) or serial search (one item at a time). Emotional expressions may show pop-out (unconscious, automatic process).
- Hansen and Hansen (1988): Found angry faces more easily detected amongst neutral faces.
- Purcell et al. (1996): Could not replicate the study, suggesting confounding factors (e.g., image characteristics).
Models of Emotion
- Categorical vs. Dimensional approaches regarding emotion.
- Basic Emotion approach: Emotions are discrete and universally recognised across cultures.
- Dimensional approach: Emotions exist on a spectrum, categorised by dimensions of valence (positive/negative) and arousal (intensity).
- A third dimension of dominance/control might be important.
Theories of Emotion
- James-Lange Theory: Emotions arise from physiological responses to stimuli (e.g., smiling leading to happiness).
- Cannon-Bard Theory: Physiological change and the subjective emotional experience occur simultaneously in response to a stimulus.
- Two-Factor Theory (Schachter & Singer): Our emotional experience is based on physiological arousal combined with cognitive interpretations of surrounding situations. Individuals interpret their physiological responses differently in different contexts, affecting emotional labelling.
Schachter and Singer's Injection Experiment:
- Tested the two-factor theory of emotion (physiological arousal + cognitive appraisal).
- Participants injected with epinephrine (arousing) or placebo.
- Informed, misinformed, and uninformed groups were created.
- Participants exposed to a confederate displaying euphoria or anger.
- Emotion measured through self-report and observation.
- Findings: Uninformed/misinformed groups reported stronger emotional states (euphoria or anger) than informed groups as they attributed bodily changes to the situation.
- Informed participants attributed arousal to the injection, thus experiencing less intense emotions.
Debate: Does Emotion need Cognition?
- Zajonc's Position (Emotion First): Emotions can exist independently of cognitive processes.
- Mere exposure effect: Preference grows with familiarity.
- Priming experiments: Subliminal presentation of stimuli can affect preferences.
- Lazarus' Position (Cognition First): Cognitive appraisal is crucial for emotions. Appraisal is the interpretation of a situation leading to an emotion. Different appraisals lead to different intensities of the same emotion.
Stages of Cognitive Appraisal
- Primary Appraisal: Initial assessment of a stimulus as threatening or not to one's well-being.
- Secondary Appraisal: Evaluation of resources to deal with the stimulus.
- Reappraisal: Ongoing monitoring and adjustments to primary and secondary appraisals.
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