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| Discrete emotional theory |
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| Theory that humans experience a smal number of distinct emotions |
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| A set of genetically influenced physiological responses that are essentially the same in all people. |
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| Humans and Animals- Darwin |
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Discovered Chimpanzees have a similar smile
-snarl of dogs= snear of humans |
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| Humans and Animals-Panksepp |
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| Rats emit high pitched chirp when tickled which is similar to humans laughter |
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| Development of emotion from newborn to 3 months |
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6 weeks-smile at favorite faces
3 months-smile when doing something new
3 months-smile in response to playing and tickling |
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-Cross culturally universal
Happiness, Sadness, Surprise, Anger, Fear, Comtempt, Disgust |
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complete emotions that are variation sof the primary emotions
"Alarm is a mix of fear and surprise" |
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| Accompanying emotional expressions are.. |
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| Facial expressions and physiological responses such as heart rate, digestion, and brain stimlation. |
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| Genuine expression of happiness characterized by upward turning of the corners of the mouth, drooping of eyelids, and crinkling in the corners of the eyes. |
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| Fake expression of happiness. Movement of mouth but not of the eyes |
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| Motivational-Structural rules |
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| Similarities in communication across species- esp. in animals and birds |
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(Cultural Differnces)
Display Rules |
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| Cross cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions |
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| Unconscious influence on emotions |
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| Factors outside our awareness that can affect our feelings |
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| Automatic generation of emotion |
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Subliminal messages that are below our threshold of awareness.
"positive and negative word influence changed a mood" |
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| Phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likel to feel favorable toward it. |
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| Facial Feedback Hypothesis |
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| Theory that you feel the emotions that correspond to your facial features |
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| Unconscious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behavior |
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| Illustrators, Manipulators, Emblems |
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| Gestures that highlight or accentuate speech |
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Gestures in which one body part touches, bites, presses, or holds another body part
i.e. biting nails |
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Gesture that conveys conventional meaning that are recognized by members of a culture
i.e. hand wave |
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| Cultural Differences in gestures |
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| i.e. Thumbs up-common to westerners, offensive to muslims |
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Study of personal Space.
There are cultural differences and sex differences. Women like closer confrontation |
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(12 feet or more)
Typically used for public speaking; such as lecturing |
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(4-12 feet)
Typically used for conversations amongst strangers and casual acquaintances |
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(1.5-4 feet)
Typically used for conversations among close friends or romantic partners |
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(0-1.5 feet)
Typically used for kissing, hugging, whispering “sweet nothings”, and affectionate touching. |
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Lying and Lie Detection.
There are ___ words in the english language for lying |
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| College students tell ___ lies per day |
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| Told the experimenters that the little cat ripped the sink off the wall. |
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| Spot the liar-What are the typical actions? |
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| Shifty, sweaty, evasive, and eye contact |
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-Visually constructing Top Left
-Visually reconstructing Top Right |
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*Auditory Constructive-Left
*Auditory Remembered- Right |
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*Feeling-bottom left
*Internal Dialouge- bottom right |
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| How good is the average person at spotting a liar? |
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| 55%, only slightly better than chance |
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| Human Lie Detectors- What are the top three professions that can spot the liars? |
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| Secret service agents, Law enforcement officials, and Clinical Psychologists(who study deception) |
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Detects changes in the physiological states supposedly associated with lying
(BP, respiration, skin conductance) |
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| What kinds of questions does the polygraph lie detector ask? |
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relavent, irrelavent, and control questions.
-compares relavent to control |
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-More accurate than guessing
-High false negative and positive
-May provoke a confession |
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| (GKT) Guilty Knowledge Test |
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Alternative to the polygraph test that relies on the permise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don't
Low false positive but high false negative |
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Used in the workplace
-Assess stealing |
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