1. Chapter 13: Emotion
A response of the whole organism and how the pieces of that response fit together

2. Three Components of Emotion
Physiological arousal
Expressive behaviors (flush cheeks, fidgeting, pacing)
Conscious experience (i.e. thoughts & feelings)
Controversies:
Chicken & the Egg
Cognition & Arousal

3. Theories of Emotion James-Lange Theory (William James & Carl Lange)
Physiology → expressive behaviors → conscious experience
Cannon-Bard Theory (Walter Cannon & Philip Bard)
Physiology + expressive behaviors = conscious experience
Two-factor Theory (Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer)
Physical + cognitive label = conscious experience

4. Embodied Emotion Emotions and the Autonomic NS
Pg. 516 – chart (sympathetic & parasympathetic)
Sympathetic NS
Adrenal glands = kidneys → adrenaline & noradrenaline
Incr. h.r., b.p., & blood sugar
Parasympathetic NS
Inhibits further release of hormones
Gradual decrease in arousal
Performance of tasks
Easy tasks – high arousal = best performance
Difficult/unrehearsed tasks – moderate to low arousal = best

5. Embodied Emotion Physiological Similarities Physiological Differences
Fear, anger, & sexual arousal – similar physical arousal
Physiological Differences
Different facial expressions
Different brain pathways
Left frontal lobe = happy/positive personalities
Dopamine receptors
Right frontal lobe = depressed/negative personalities

6. Embodied Emotion Cognition & Emotion
Spill over effect - Arousal from one event affects another
Interpreting info/labeling affects what emotion we feel
Easier for feelings to hijack thought than vice versa
Short-cut to amygdala & more to cortex than from cortex
Some emotions (likes/dislikes) are not conscious processes (Zajonc & LeDoux)
Complex emotions are greatly affected by cognition (Lazarus, Schachter-Singer)