Emotion

Emotion: More Than a Feeling

A feeling state involving a pattern of
facial and bodily changes, cognitive
appraisals, and beliefs.
Physiological
Changes (in
body and
facial
muscles)

Emotio
n

Cultural
Influences (shape
experience and
expression of
emotion)

Cognitive Processes (interpreting

the emotional situation)

Emotional Arousal
Autonomic nervous system controls physiological arousal

Sympathetic
division (arousing)
Pupils dilate
Decreases
Perspires

Parasympathetic
division (calming)

EYES

Pupils contract

SALVATION

Increases

SKIN

Dries

Increases

RESPERATION

Accelerates

HEART

Inhibits
Secrete stress
hormones

DIGESTION
ADRENAL
GLANDS

Decreases
Slows
Activates
Decrease secretion
of stress hormones

FACES OF EMOTION

I dont think its a good idea to talk now. She looks like
she is feeling

Angry

What a face. I think he needs to find something

to do. He looks .

Bored

Maybe I should explain things more clearly

because she look...................

Confused

That group of boys are being horrible and they

are making the boy sat down feel

Embarrassed

I think all her Christmass have come at once.

She looks ..

Excited

Something isnt going right for someone. She is

getting ...........

Frustrated

I wonder what his mum will say? I wonder if

hes feeling ?

Guilty

Wow this looks fun. Both the boys look...........

Happy

I think he wants to be picked. He is looking.

Hopeful

I think that the boy on the left wishes he had that

top. He looks like he is feeling ..

Jealous

The other girls wont let her join in. She is

feeling

Left out

Look at this bundle of loveliness. This baby is

feeling ..

Loved

The teacher is showing everyone his work. I bet

he feels ..

Proud

Oh dear I wonder what has happened. They both

look ..

Sad

I think theyve been watching horror films. They

both look .

Scared

Did something just happen that he wasnt

expecting. He looks .

Surprised

I think he has the weight on his shoulders. He

looks

Worried

Not a care in the world, curled up with a good

book. She looks .

Relaxed

Common Sense
Common Sense
An emotion-provoking stimulus produces the feeling
of an emotion, and then this feeling produces
physiological changes and behavior.

Fear

Theories of Emotion
James-Lange Theory
An emotion-provoking stimulus directly produces
physiological changes and behavior, and then these
events produce the feeling of an emotion.

Fear

Theories of Emotion
Cannon-Bard Theory
An emotion-provoking stimulus activates a brain
center called the thalamus, which simultaneously
sends messages to the cortex, producing the feeling of
an emotion, to the viscera, producing arousal, and to
the skeletal muscles, producing behavior.
Fear

Theories of Emotion
Schacter-Singer 2-Factor Theory
We have the feeling of an emotion when two factors
are present: we are physiologically aroused, and we
interpret that arousal in terms of a specific emotion
based on the situation we are in.
Scary dog

Fear

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