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!