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Subjective feeling of emotion
Associated behaviour
"It is not emotion that is important, but rather how people appraise the situation and cope with it."
-Lazarus and Folkman
Cognitive appraisal = interpretation
The amygdala
LeDoux (1999)
Explanation...
Emotional stimulus: Robbers
Processed in the thalamus, sends signal to the amygdala.
Perception of stressor stimulates fight or flight while...
The thalamus sends info via the indirect pathway to the cortex and hippocampus for closer inspection...
Resulting in an appraisal which is sent to the amygdala allowing the herioc elderly woman to...
Danger Fight or Flight Decision led by interpretation
Appraisal assesses benefit = positive emotions
Appraisal assesses harm = negative emotions
Lazarus (1975) - "Cognitive appraisal is an important part of people's reactions to emotional stress... stress experiences are not only physiological."
Individuals' experience of stress can be moderated by a number of personal and external factors
Different strategies used e.g. problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping
trauma
denial
intellectualization
more response from trauma, proving Lazarus' theory and LeDoux's model
Ecological validity?
Ethical issues?
"appear to be recorded in the brain with the help of a camera's flash"
formed after emotionally moving events
73/80 people report having flashbulb memories
Brown and Kulik (1977)
special neural mechanism- supported by modern neuroscience
hints at the critical role of the amygdala
Neisser (1982)
memories not remembered until later
Neisser and Harsch (1992)
Challenger Space Shuttle Accident
40% had distorted memories
Talarico and Rubin (2003)
Greater confidence but lesser accuracy.
Attitudes, emotions, information given after the event may distort memory:
Breckler (1994): Blood donation
Holmberg and Holmes (1994): Men recalled early interactions in unhappy marriages as less pleasant than previously
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