Motivation & Emotion PDF

MOTIVATION & EMOTION  Aren’t there more than 6 or 7 emotions!?  Blending primary= more complex emotions  Feel primary first  Secondary emerge Universality of Emotion  Universal emotion expression  Despite...

MOTIVATION & EMOTION  Aren’t there more than 6 or 7 emotions!?  Blending primary= more complex emotions  Feel primary first  Secondary emerge Universality of Emotion  Universal emotion expression  Despite different languages, cultures, & norms  Display Rules  Emotions may be universal but rules about displaying vary across cultures  Reading Emotion  Ability to read emotion starts around 5 years of age  Children quickly as good as adults COMMON SENSE  Heart races because there’s a viscious dog… Feel afraid Heart races, oh, and look, there’s a dog, feel afraid JAMES-LANGE THEORY (AND SCHACHTER ~ SIMILAR) CANNON-BARD Experience physiological arousal & emotion at the same time. Thalams signals cortex (« dog! ») and autonomic nervous system (heart races etc.) simultaneously  EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Emotions are innate, survival-oriented reactions to stimuli in the environment [no thinking required!]  Emotion Regulation We vary in our ability to manage & respond to emotional experience Upregulating emotion (focus to increase) Downregulating emotion (distract to decrease) Label emotions, acknowledge, find enjoyment, distract, reappraise, communicate, fact check, meditate