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Gillette Psych 12 – Motivation & Emotion
EmotionEmotion = a subjective (_______________) conscious experience accompanied by:
- Bodily arousal (_________________________)- Characteristic overt expressions
(_____________________) Dimensions of Emotion:People characterize their emotions as ____________ or ___________________.These reactions can be _______________ and ____________________.
__________________________: We have a psychological response & then we realize it as an emotion: "I see a shark, my muscles tense, I feel afraid."
__________________________: We have an emotional response & we feel the physiological response: "I see a shark, I feel afraid, my muscles
tense."
__________________________________________: Experience feelings & then label them: "I feel bad. I must be scared."
__________________________________: When there is no physiological arousal. “We experience something; we think about it, we label it as an emotion.”
Gillette Psych 12 – Motivation & Emotion
Gillette Psych 12 – Motivation & Emotion
Emotional processes are tied to physiological processes. __________________________________ (GSR): Increase in the electrical conductivity of the skin that occurs when sweat glands increase their activity. The GSR is a convenient & sensitive index of autonomic arousal that has been used as a measure of emotion in many lab studies.
Emotions are difficult to understand. Emotions are also not directly under our control.___________________ is a great example!