Exam 3 Study Guide
Exam 3 Study Guide
Emotion and Motivation
1. What were the key components of Dr. Gewirtz’s definition of emotion?
It’s different than “feelings”, “A state, elicited by a strongly motivational (i.e. “reinforcing”) event or by anticipation of such an event, that produces a coordinated set of adaptive responses.
2. Emotional responses have three aspects: “feelings,” autonomic responses, and somatic responses. What does each of these refer to? Feelings: Introspection, subjective Autonomic Responses: Sympathetic activation, hormonal Somatic Responses: Facial expressions, approach or avoidance
3. What is the evolutionary view of emotion as originally proposed by Darwin? What is the adaptive value of emotion? What evidence suggests that these emotions are innate?
Emotion promotes survival of the species, emotional responses are instinctive and universal, rather than learned and culture-specific
4. What are Ekman’s six (or seven) basic emotions? Happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise, (contempt)
5. How can researchers study emotion? In humans? In rats? What is the fear-potentiated startle response? How is the fear-potentiated started acquired by rats?
6. What is the International Affective Picture System (IAPS)? How is research done with the IAPS? Emotion has two dimensions, valence (pleasant and unpleasant) and arousal. What kinds of images are associated with dimensions? What are the three primary motive systems, according to Dr. Gewirtz? What is meant by a motive system? IAPS: 800+ pictures with normative ratings of valence (pleasant versus unpleasant) and arousal
7. What is a phobia? Compared to most people, what is the measure startle of individuals with phobia to pleasant, high arousal images? To neutral, low arousal images? To unpleasant, high arousal images? To the object of their phobia?
8. What is a psychopath? Compared to most people, what is the measured startle of psychopaths to pleasant, high arousal images? To neutral,
Emotion and Motivation
1. What were the key components of Dr. Gewirtz’s definition of emotion?
It’s different than “feelings”, “A state, elicited by a strongly motivational (i.e. “reinforcing”) event or by anticipation of such an event, that produces a coordinated set of adaptive responses.
2. Emotional responses have three aspects: “feelings,” autonomic responses, and somatic responses. What does each of these refer to? Feelings: Introspection, subjective Autonomic Responses: Sympathetic activation, hormonal Somatic Responses: Facial expressions, approach or avoidance
3. What is the evolutionary view of emotion as originally proposed by Darwin? What is the adaptive value of emotion? What evidence suggests that these emotions are innate?
Emotion promotes survival of the species, emotional responses are instinctive and universal, rather than learned and culture-specific
4. What are Ekman’s six (or seven) basic emotions? Happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise, (contempt)
5. How can researchers study emotion? In humans? In rats? What is the fear-potentiated startle response? How is the fear-potentiated started acquired by rats?
6. What is the International Affective Picture System (IAPS)? How is research done with the IAPS? Emotion has two dimensions, valence (pleasant and unpleasant) and arousal. What kinds of images are associated with dimensions? What are the three primary motive systems, according to Dr. Gewirtz? What is meant by a motive system? IAPS: 800+ pictures with normative ratings of valence (pleasant versus unpleasant) and arousal
7. What is a phobia? Compared to most people, what is the measure startle of individuals with phobia to pleasant, high arousal images? To neutral, low arousal images? To unpleasant, high arousal images? To the object of their phobia?
8. What is a psychopath? Compared to most people, what is the measured startle of psychopaths to pleasant, high arousal images? To neutral,