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7/23/2019 1.2 the ABC of Emotions
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1. From where come from emotions?
1.2. The ABC of emotional processes
Jordi Vallverdú
Philosophy Department
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The ABC of emotional processes
I see dead people
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Some basic concepts:
Appraisal: estimation of the situation
dangerous
Valence: positive, negative, neutral
negative
Elicitation: of actions
try to dodge
Drive: as the pursuit of goals
avoid having philosophy books at home
The ABC of emotional processes
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Some basic concepts:
Arousal: responses (physiological, subjective,
behavioral)
Skin mechanoceptors (pressure), nociceptors
(pain), hormone activation (epinephrine as
fight-or-flight response),…
Communication: gestures, tone, facial expression
Painful face, yell
Empathy: put yourself in other people’s shoes
To feel the painful hit (you want to help, then)
The ABC of emotional processes
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Emotional events are categorized according two basic coordinates:
a. Time:
b. Intensity:
Emotional coordinates
Time
Intensity
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Emotional events are categorized according two basic coordinates? THREE
a. Time
b. Intensity
c. Valence
Emotional coordinates
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The dynamism of these two basic coordinates:
a. Time: moods, as well as chronic states (such as chronic pain)
b. Intensity: tends to stabilize (homeostatic system).
Emotional coordinates
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We can find several aspects that explain the emotional events
These aspects are put into a two-dimensional cartesian axis
structure (time and intensity).
Emotions are dynamic estrategies useful to deal with internal and
external information and then, to allow proper reactions.
End remarks