Schachter and singer - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Schachter/Singer Aims - 1) To investigate the role cognitive factors have in the experience of emotion when we are in a state of physiological arousal that has no immediate explanation. 2) When we do have an appropriate explanation for feeling physical arousal, to see whether we always label it as the most appropriate emotion. 3) To see whether a person will react emotionally to a certain situation based on his or her physiological arousal even if the cognitive elements of the situation rem...

State an aim of the Canli et al. Study To show that emotive images will be remembered better than those that have little emotional impact on an individual. Evaluate Canli et al. usefulness in psychology May be useful to advertising companies; they can use emotionally intense information that is likely to be recognized later on with the use of emotionally intense imagery. The brain as well was studied in an active state. But the study does serve to be reductionist since it only focuses...

CANLI ET AL. AIM - TO SHOW THAT EMOTIVE IMAGES WILL BE REMEMBERED BETTER THAN THOSE WITH LITTLE EMOTIVE IMAGES. CANLIE ET AL. METHOD & DESIGN - METHOD: LAB EXPERIMENT DESIGN: REPEATED MEASURES CANLI ET AL. SAMPLE - 10 RIGHT HANDED, HEALTHY FEMALES. GIRLS WERE CHOSEN OVER MALES AS THEY WERE THOUGHT TO REACT WITH HIGHER EMOTIONS. CANLI ET AL. PROCEDURE - P'S VIEWED 96 EMOTIVE IMAGES WHILE IN THE FMRI SCANNER. ALL P'S VIEWED THE SAME IMAGES FOR ONLY HAD 2.88 SECONDS. THERE...

What are the main differences between the folk psychology, James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and Schacter-Singer theories of emotion? Folk psych: feeling triggers autonomic reaction; emotions cause body to react [Stimulus --> Emotion --> Behavior] James-Lange: autonomic reaction triggers feeling; bodily response evokes emotional experience [Stimulus --> Behavior --> Emotion] Limitation: Does not take into account the role of cognition/appraisal/awareness Cannon-Bard: simultaneous feeling a...

Schachter/Singer Aims - 1) To investigate the role cognitive factors have in the experience of emotion when we are in a state of physiological arousal that has no immediate explanation. 2) When we do have an appropriate explanation for feeling physical arousal, to see whether we always label it as the most appropriate emotion. 3) To see whether a person will react emotionally to a certain situation based on his or her physiological arousal even if the cognitive elements of the situation r...

Common Sense Theory of Emotion correct answers Stimulus ----> Experience (Emotion) ----> Body James - Lange Theory of Emotion correct answers Stimulus ----> Body ----> Experience Cannon Bard Theory of Emotion correct answers Stimulus information goes to thalamus, which then *simultaneously* triggers bodily responses and conscious experience Stimulus-----> Body AND Experience R Schachter-Singer Two Factor Theory of Emotion correct answers Stimulus ----> Body ---->...

define - INDEPENDENT VARIABLE - DEPENDENT VARIABLE - PARTICIPANT VARIABLE IV: the variable an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable DV: the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable PV: the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable define: - LAB EXPERIMENT list AT LEAST one strength and one weakness an experiment conducted under highly controlled conditio...

What are the 6 universal emotions? - Answer happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise How does viewing emotions as discrete different from viewing them as continuous? - Answer Viewing emotions as discrete means that you are either one emotion or the other, while continuous acknowledges in between Three classic theories of emotion - Answer 1. James-Lange: Stimulus -> physiological response -> fear (emotion) 2. Cannon-Bard: Stimulus -> physiological response and e...

Primacy Effect - Answer-- our impressions are usually swayed the most by information received early in an interaction False Consensus Bias - Answer-- overestimation of the degree to which the beliefs and opinions of others are similar to our own Factors that Affect Impression Formation: Central Traits - Answer-- certain descriptions (e.g., a warm vs. cold person) influence impressions more than others because they provide unique information and are associated with a large number of other c...

Dement & Kleitman - (sleep and dreams) Biological Laboratory Dement & Kleitman Background - Sleep and dreaming are hard to study because the participants are unresponsive; therefore physiological measures are needed. Prior to this study psychologists didn't know how to measure dreams, but a study by Aserinsky and Kleitman in 1955 showed that we experience several REM and nREM stages during the night. During REM sleep subjects recorded more dream activity than in nREM sleep. Using an ...