Lec 11 - Emotion & Disgust

Emotions are:

Facial expressions last between:

The autonomic responses associated with emotion (e.g. elevated HR) typically last longer than the emotion itself is experienced.

Darwin saw emotions as something that was 'uniquely human' and not experienced in any other animal.

[blank_start]Commonsense Account[blank_end]: perception > emotional feeling > bodily changes. [blank_start]James' Account[blank_end]: perception > motor reaction & visceral arousal > emotional feeling. [blank_start]Cannon's Account[blank_end]: perception > hypothalamic arousal > emotional feeling & bodily changes.

Which accounts of emotion are correct?

Facial expressions are the result of a feedforward output only.

Who drew the distinction between disgust and distaste?

Curtis et al. argued that strangers carry novel pathogens and therefore present a greater disease threat.

Order of child's response to disgust elicitors: [blank_start]Core[blank_end] > [blank_start]animal[blank_end] > [blank_start]sociomoral[blank_end].

Rozin's Disgust Elicitors: 1. F[blank_start]ood[blank_end] 2. A[blank_start]nimals[blank_end] 3. B[blank_start]ody products[blank_end] 4. S[blank_start]ex[blank_end] 5. B[blank_start]ody envelope violation[blank_end] 6. D[blank_start]eath[blank_end] 7. H[blank_start]ygiene[blank_end] 8. C[blank_start]ontamination[blank_end] 9. M[blank_start]orals[blank_end]