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Basic Emotions
Components of Emotion
Cognitive - personal experience of the situation from cognitive appraisal
Example - two people have a very different cognitive appraisal of an experience if one is afraid of public speaking and the other loves it
Physiological - activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Example - fear is associated with a racing heart, sweating, pupil dilation, etc.
Behavioural - emotion prompts behaviour. Cultural display rules influence what we express
Example - in some cultures, it is not appropriate to publicly express happiness when you get the top grade on your exam, because it could make others feel badly about their performance
Basic Emotions
There are multiple ways of categorizing emotions. The most common are as discrete (individual, stand-alone) emotions or using a dimensional approach
Basic Emotions - Emotions are discrete categories. The basic emotions identified by Ekman are anger, disgust, fear, contempt, happiness, sadness, and surprise. These appear and are recognized universally
Noah is really upset about the grade he received on his midterm, but knows he shouldn't display that disappointment too strongly in front of his friend who did even worse than him. This is part of which component of emotion?