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Chapter 8
Emotion and
Motivation
•Explain the relationship between emotion and motivation
•Identify the 4 parts of the emotional process
•Distinguish the theories of emotion
I CAN:I CAN:
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• Emotion: • Emphasizes arousal, both physical and
mental
• Motivation: • Emphasizes how this arousal becomes
action
• Emotion causes motivationEmotion causes motivation
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EmotionsEmotionsA vital ingredient in
making effective personal decisions
But can spin out of control
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Emotions
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What Is Emotion?What Is Emotion?
A four-part process consisting of …1. physiological arousal of the body
2. cognitive interpretation of events and
feelings…conscious and unconscious
3. subjective feelings
brain senses state of arousal.. also memories of similar situations
4. behavioral expression
emotions produce behavior….anger produces a middle finger
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What Do Our Emotions Do For Us?
Emotions have evolved to help us respond to
important situations and to convey our intentions to
others
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Universal Emotional Expression
• Humans share a set of universal emotional expression
• This testifies to a common biological heritage
But all emotional expressions are not universal across cultures…
culture influences emotional expression
anger sadness joy
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The Real SmileThe Real Smile
Can you identify the social smile versus the Can you identify the social smile versus the genuine, “Duchenne” smile? Real smiles involve genuine, “Duchenne” smile? Real smiles involve muscles around both the eyes and cheeks. muscles around both the eyes and cheeks.
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A "real" smile A "real" smile raises the lips and raises the lips and causes "crow's causes "crow's feet" around the feet" around the eyeseyes
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Cultural Universals in Cultural Universals in Emotional ExpressionEmotional Expression
• Display Rules Permissible ways of displaying emotions in a particular society
• For Example:
• Asian children taught to check emotions
• American children taught to express them
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EKMAN’S SEVEN BASIC HUMAN EMOTIONS
People everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions:
sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise
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PLUTCHIK’S EIGHT BASIC HUMAN EMOTIONS
• Joy Joy • Acceptance Acceptance • Fear Fear • Surprise Surprise • Sadness Sadness • Disgust Disgust
• Anger Anger • AnticipationAnticipation
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The Nature of EmotionsThe Nature of Emotionsby Plutchikby Plutchik
His three-dimensional model describes the relations among emotion concepts.
The cone’s vertical dimension represents loss of intensity
The circle represents degrees of similarity among the emotions.
The 8 sectors are designed to indicate that there are 8 primary emotion dimensions defined by the theory arranged as 4 pairs of opposites.
•Explain the relationship between emotion and motivation
•Identify the 4 parts of the emotional process
•Distinguish the theories of emotion
CAN I?CAN I?
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