Read the summary and the most important questions on Psychology of Emotion | 9781351995726 | Paula M. Niedenthal; François Ric

• 1 Theories of emotion

• What are the three major emotion theory families?

  1. evolutionary theories
  2. appraisal theories
  3. constructionism theories

• 1.1 Definition of emotion

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• What is the definition for emotion given in the book?

  Episodic, short term, biologically based patterns of perception, experience, physiology, action and communication that occur in response to specific physical and social challenges and opportunities.

• 1.2 Theories of emotion

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• The Two Factor Theory

  Schachter and Singer claimed that emotions come about through the combination of 1) autonomic arousal—caused by almost anything; and 2) a label that describes the experience in terms of the current situation.

• We can differentiate between the three major emotion families by understanding the following three components?

  1. the antecedent (the cause of emotion)
     
  2. the biological givens (innate emotions)
  3. the integration  (interaction of different components)

• 1.3 Evolutionary theories

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• What are adaptive problems in evolutionary theory?

  Challenges to survival or opportunities for reproduction

• What are signal stimuli in evolutionary theory?

  The signs of adaptive problems are signal stimuli. They cause a specific emotion which in turn will lead to specific behaviour.

• What are action tendencies in evolutionary theory?

  Make the person ready to address challenges and take advantage of opportunity

• Biological givens in evolutionary theory are

  Basic emotions

• What is an affect program in evolutionary theory?

  An innate brain system that tells the body what to do when faced with a particular event

• 2 methods for the science of emotion

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• Reasons for inducing emotions

  1. To test a specific theory of emotion
  2. To test whether an emotion state reliably causes a particular behavior
  3. To test how emotions influence cognitive abilities or behaviors